Opening the Library painter

To open the Library painter:

  • Click the Library button in the PowerBar or select Tools>Library Painter.

What you can do in the Library painter

In the Library painter, you can:

  • Create a new library

  • Create new objects in targets in your current workspace

  • Copy, move, and delete objects in any library

  • Open objects in libraries that are on a library list in the current Workspace to edit them in the appropriate painters

  • Migrate, rebuild, and regenerate libraries in the current Workspace

  • Control modifications to library objects by using check-out and check-in or use version control systems

  • Create a runtime library that includes objects in the current library and related resource objects

What you cannot do in the Library painter

You cannot migrate or open objects in PowerBuilder libraries that are not on the library list. You also cannot rename a library.