It is recommended that you perform a build and PBL optimization on the PowerBuilder application before performing a PowerServer application deployment. The following table shows you which type of build options you should select for the application.
Build Option |
What It Does |
When To Perform |
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Incremental build |
Refreshes the objects that have been changed. |
Before a full or incremental deployment. |
Full build |
Refreshes all objects. |
Not recommended. |
Optimize PBLs |
Removes unused space in the PBLs as stored on disk, and reduces object fragmentation. |
After building the application but prior to deployment. |
Performing an incremental build in PowerBuilder is necessary because when modifications are made to a parent class, the child class does not reflect the changes unless one of three things occurs:
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The child class is opened and saved.
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An incremental build is performed.
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A full build is performed.