About libraries

DataWindow Designer uses libraries to hold objects. A library is a file with the file extension PBL (pronounced pibble):

filename.pbl

In DataWindow Designer, you use the Library painter to work with the objects and libraries you create.

What you can do in the Library painter

The Library painter workspace displays objects in all libraries on your computer, but you can set the Library painter to display only objects in the current library. In the Library painter, you can:

Open objects in the current library to edit them in the appropriate painters
Copy, move, and delete objects in any library
Optimize libraries

What you cannot do in the Library painter

You cannot create a library or rename a library in the Library painter. For information about creating a library, see “Working with projects”.

You cannot create new DataWindow objects or queries in the Library painter.

You cannot open objects that are not in the current project.