Create a new workspace

The workspace is where you build, edit, debug, and run PowerBuilder targets. You can build several targets within a single workspace.

Now you start PowerBuilder and create a new workspace.

  1. Select All Programs > Appeon > PowerBuilder 2017 > PowerBuilder 2017 from the Windows Start menu.

    The Welcome to PowerBuilder dialog box is displayed.

    Figure 22. Welcome page

    Welcome page

    The Welcome to PowerBuilder dialog box allows you create a new workspace and add a new target or an existing target to the workspace.

    If you do not want PowerBuilder to display the dialog box again

    You can leave the Show this dialog box at startup with no workspace checkbox unchecked to keep PowerBuilder from displaying the welcome dialog box every time you start PowerBuilder. Select the Reload last workspace at startup checkbox to load the most recently used workspace each time you start a PowerBuilder session. Then click Close this dialog box.

    The PowerBuilder development environment is displayed.

    If this is the first time you are opening PowerBuilder on your machine, you see only a top-level entry in the System Tree to indicate that no workspace is currently open. Otherwise, the System Tree might show a workspace with targets and objects in it.

    Figure 23. PowerBuilder development environment

    PowerBuilder development environment


  2. Select New from the File menu

    or

    Click the New button in the PowerBar.

    The Workspace page of the New dialog box is displayed.

    PowerBuilder displays the page of the New dialog box that was used before the dialog box was last closed. In this exercise, make sure that the Workspace page of the New dialog box is displayed.

    Figure 24. Workspace tab on the New dialog box

    Workspace tab on the New dialog box


  3. Select Workspace from the Workspace page of the New dialog box. Click OK.

    The New Workspace dialog box is displayed.

  4. Choose the tutorial folder.

    If you have created a workspace before, the dialog opens to the location of the most recently-used workspace. For this new workspace, change the location to the path described in the next paragraph.

    If this is your first workspace, open the New Workspace dialog box to C:\Users\Public\Documents on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Navigate from this point to Appeon\Toolkit\appeondemo and create the AppeonMobileTutorial folder.

  5. Type tutorial in the File name text box.

    Figure 25. Specify the name for the workspace

    Specify the name for the workspace


  6. Click Save.

    The New Workspace dialog box closes and the workspace you created appears as the first item in the System Tree.