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/projects in your current workspace/solution

  • Copy, move, and delete objects in any library

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

  • Upgrade, rebuild, and regenerate libraries in the current Workspace/Solution

  • 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

  • Open the containing folder of the selected workspace/solution, target/project, or library

What you cannot do in the Library painter

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