Description

InfoMaker provides a new option named Automatically Connect to Database on the General tab in the System Options dialog box. When you are working in the InfoMaker development environment, Automatically Connect to Database controls whether InfoMaker connects to the database when you open a painter requiring a connection (the default) or automatically when you start InfoMaker.

The setting of Automatically Connect to Database applies only in the InfoMaker development environment. It has no effect in InfoMaker applications at execution time or in PowerBuilder. (Automatically Connect to Database is not available in the System Options dialog box in PowerBuilder.)

Purpose

Clear the Automatically Connect to Database checkbox (default setting) if you want InfoMaker to connect to the database only when you open one of the following painters requiring a connection: Database, Report, Form, Query, Table, or Data Pipeline. Using this setting can save you money if you are accessing a database that charges for connect time.

Select the Automatically Connect to Database checkbox if you want InfoMaker to connect to the database at startup and stay connected throughout the session until you exit. This is the same behavior as in previous versions of InfoMaker.

Usage

You can set the Automatically Connect to Database option in the System Options dialog box in InfoMaker.

• To set the Automatically Connect to Database option in InfoMaker:

1. Select File > PowerPanel and then select System Options.

or

Click the System Options button on the PowerPanel dropdown toolbar (in the PowerBar).

The System Options dialog box displays.

2. On the General tabbed page, select or clear the Automatically Connect to Database checkbox as follows:

Select the checkbox  The next time you start InfoMaker, it automatically connects to the database at startup and stays connected throughout the session until you exit.

Clear the checkbox  (Default) The next time you start InfoMaker, it connects to the database only when you open one of the following painters requiring a connection: Database, Report, Form, Query, Table, or Data Pipeline. It does not connect to the database automatically at startup.

3. Click OK or Apply.

InfoMaker saves your AutoConnect setting in the [PB] section of the InfoMaker initialization file.