Introduction to PowerBuilder

Starting PowerBuilder

If you have PowerBuilder installed on Windows 3.x/ Window NT version prior to 4.0, the PowerBuilder program group looks like the following picture. The number of icons in the group may vary depending on the:

• Options you choose while installing PowerBuilder.
• Type of PowerBuilder package you installed, i.e. PowerBuilder Desktop/ Professional/ Enterprise.

To start PowerBuilder, you need to either double-click on the 'PowerBuilder 7.0 for Intel 32' icon or tab onto that icon and press Enter key when the icon is highlighted.

As you may recall, Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 user interface is different from Windows 3.x/NT 3.51. If you have installed PowerBuilder on Windows 95/98/NT4.0, PowerBuilder icons are added to the Start button menu. To start PowerBuilder, you need to click on the Start button (placed on the windows task bar) and select Program Files > Sybase > PowerBuilder 7.0 > PowerBuilder 7.0 options. After starting PowerBuilder, it looks as shown below:

When you start PowerBuilder, it opens the last application you worked on as the current application and displays the application name as the window title. PowerBuilder comes with an example application named examples. By default PowerBuilder starts this application. You cannot work on PowerBuilder without an application. If PowerBuilder can’t locate the application that was active before closing PowerBuilder, you will be prompted to select an application or create a new application. More details on creating the application in a moment.

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