PowerBuilder IDE has been enhanced with the following features:
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New picture selection dialog -- Previously the picture is selected from a dropdown list; now the picture is selected from a dialog box. In the dialog box, you can select from the custom image or the built-in image; the built-in images are grouped by categories, and can be filtered by size or searched by name.
Some images which have a random number at the end of their names have been renamed, for example, ArrangeTables5! is renamed to ArrangeTables2!, but ArrangeTables5! is preserved so if it is referenced in your application, it will still show under preview and at runtime like before, but in the dialog you can only select ArrangeTables2! (and cannot select ArrangeTables5! any more).
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Enhances Browser window for searching object -- A filter box is added to the Browser window which allows users to input the object name and display only the objects that match in each tab. The total amount of search results will be displayed at the bottom right corner of the window.
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Adds Open Containing Folder menu for workspace, target and library -- The Open Containing Folder menu is available when you right click on the workspace, target, or library in the System Tree or Library painter.
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Double-clicking an object (such as applications, DataWindow object, windows, menus, user objects, functions, etc.) in the Browser window can open the painter associated with the object. Previously, you have to right-click the object and then select Edit to open the painter.
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When a DataWindow column is set to the DropDownDW edit style and associated with a DataWindow object, you can right click the DataWindow column and then select Modify DropDownDW... to directly open and edit the associated DataWindow object in the painter.
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The PowerBuilder system dialogs (such as Application, System Options, the various objects' Options dialogs etc.) have their layouts re-arranged, and the dialog size can be adjusted by dragging.
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The Enabled property of the Text control in the Header band of a DataWindow will be selected by default, and the tab order of the Text control will be set to 0 by default. Previously, the Enabled property is not selected and no tab order is set by default.
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The runtime packager has been adjusted: 1) The rich text options are re-named and re-grouped in a more reasonable way; 2) Accessibility Support (Section 508) is removed (the corresponding DLLs will be automatically packaged as core components); 3) PB DOM is moved from Obsolete Features to Additional Features.
