Resources and Other Required Files

All resource files must be relative to the path of the .NET Windows Forms target.

Click Add Files on the Resource Files page of the project painter to select image files that your application requires.

PowerBuilder .NET Windows Forms applications do not support PBR files, and they are unable to locate images embedded in PBD files. If the files your application requires are not in the directory structure accessible from the Choose Required Resource Files dialog box, copy them into the directory structure, then reopen the dialog box.

If your application uses .NET assemblies, specify them on the .NET Assemblies tab page in the target’s Properties dialog box. Before you deploy a PowerBuilder .NET smart client application that uses data files, make sure the System.Windows.Forms.dll and System.Deployment.dll assemblies are listed on this page.


This dot NET tab of the target properties dialog box displays two assembly references for the target.

Other files, such as database drivers and PowerBuilder DLLs, should be included on the Prerequisites page if you are publishing a smart client application, or on the Library Files page.