Description
The Library painter has views for displaying libraries (PBLs) and objects.

These views are available in the View menu:
Tree List
Usage
The Library painter behaves somewhat like Windows Explorer. You can drag and drop objects to move them from one library to another, resize columns in the List view, and sort the columns by clicking a column header.
These are some of the things you can do in the Library painter:
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To do this
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Do this
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Filter the display in either view so you can display libraries, folders, or both
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Select Library or Folder or both from the popup menu. For example, you may want to display only folders in the Tree view and display only libraries in the List view
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Specify what objects display when you expand a library
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Select Design>Options>Include tab page and select or clear entry types. You can override these choices in either view by using a library popup menu and selecting or clearing items on the list of objects
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Copy an object to another library
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Drag the object from the original library to the new library
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Set the root object in the Tree view or the List view
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Use the popup menu or select View>Set Root
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Create a library
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Select Library>Create and name the library
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Move back and forward in the Tree view or the List view
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Use the popup menu or select View>Back or View>Forward
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Change columns displayed in the List view
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Use the popup menu or select Design>Options>General tab page and change the column selections
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Delete, optimize, print the directory, import, or build a runtime library
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Select the appropriate menu item from a library's popup menu
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Edit, copy, move, delete, regenerate, print items associated with an object, or export an object's source code
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Select the appropriate menu item from an object's popup menu
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Return the painter window's views to the default or save a view layout
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Select Design>Options and use the Layout tab page
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See also
Views for nonmodal development
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