DW Painter Task Quick-Reference
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Use this table to get started with the new DataWindow painter. The table lists tasks that are new or different in PowerBuilder 7.

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Create a new DataWindow object

File>New

Select the DataWindow tab, pick a style, and interact with the wizard

Access an existing DataWindow object

File>Open

Select the object type, the library, and then the object

Set the prefixes for automatic control naming

Design>Options, Prefixes tab

Define a property conditional expression for a control in a DataWindow object

Select the control. In the properties view, find the property whose value you want to set at execution time. Click the button next to the property

The Modify Expression dialog box displays and you can define the expression as before (the Expressions tab page is no longer used)

Add a column control to a DataWindow object

Drag the column from Column Specification view to Design view

Rich Text, Crosstab, and Composite presentation styles do not support adding a column

Prompt for criteria

In the Column Specification view, select the Prompt checkbox next to each column to be used for prompting at retrieval time

Display a view

View> and then select the view you want
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