PowerBuilder Objects

Applications

You design a PowerBuilder application using a class with the <<application>> stereotype. Application properties are defined as follow:

PowerBuilder	PowerDesigner
Instance variable	Attribute
Shared variable	Static attribute
Global variable	Attribute with <<global>> stereotype
Property	Attribute with <<property>> stereotype
External function	Operation with <<external>> stereotype
Function	Operation
Event	Operation with <<event>> stereotype or operation with non-null event name
Structure in object	Inner class with <<structure>> stereotype

Structures

You design a PowerBuilder structure using a class with the <<structure>> stereotype. The members of the structure are designed with class attributes.

Functions

You design a PowerBuilder function using a class with the <<function>> stereotype. This class should also contain one operation. The structures in a function are designed with <<structure>> inner classes linked to the class.

User Objects

You design a PowerBuilder user object using a class with the <<userObject>> stereotype. User objects properties are defined as follow:

PowerBuilder	PowerDesigner
Control	inner class with <<control>> stereotype
Instance variable	Attribute
Shared variable	Static attribute
Property	attribute with <<property>> stereotype
Function	Operation
Event	operation with <<event>> stereotype or operation with non-null event name
Structure in object	inner class with <<structure>> stereotype

Proxies

You design a PowerBuilder proxy using a class with the <<proxyObject>> stereotype. Instance variables of the proxy are designed with class attributes, and proxy functions are designed with operations.

Windows

You design a PowerBuilder window using a class with the <<window>> stereotype. Window properties are defined as follow:

PowerBuilder	PowerDesigner
Control	inner class with <<control>> stereotype
Instance variable	Attribute
Shared variable	Static attribute
Property	Attribute with <<property>> stereotype
Function	Operation
Event	Operation with <<event>> stereotype or operation with non-null event name
Structure in object	Inner class with <<structure>> stereotype

Operations

If the operation extended attribute GenerateHeader is set to true, the operation header will be generated. This attribute is set to true for any new operation. You can force header generation for all operations in a model by setting the ForceOperationHeader extended attribute to true. Operation headers are generated in the following way:

//<FuncType>:  <Operation signature>
//Description: <Operation comment line1>
//      <Operation comment line2>
//Access:  <visibility>
//Arguments: <parameter1 name> - <parameter1 comment line1>
//            <parameter1 comment line2>
//      <parameter2 name> - <parameter2 comment>
//Returns:   <Return comment>
//      <Return comment2>

Header item	PowerDesigner Object or Property
FuncType	Function, Subroutine or Event
Description	Comment typed in operation property sheet
Access	Visibility property in operation property sheet
Arguments	Parameter(s) name and comment
Returns	Value of ReturnComment extended attribute in operation property sheet
User-defined comment	Value of UserDefinedComment extended attribute in operation property sheet

Events

To generate a:

Standard event handler - create an operation and select an event value in the Language Event list in the operation property sheet
User-defined event handler - create an operation and select the <<event>> stereotype. The Language Event list must remain empty
Custom event handler - create an operation and set a value to the EventID extended attribute. If this extended attribute has a value, the operation is generated as a custom event handler, even if it has a name defined in the Language Event list or the <<event>> stereotype.

Other Objects

These PowerBuilder objects are reverse engineered as classes with the corresponding PowerBuilder stereotype. Their properties are not mapped to PowerDesigner class properties, and their symbol is a large PowerBuilder icon.

PowerBuilder	PowerDesigner
Query	<<query>> class
Data window	<<dataWindow>> class
Menu	<<menu>> class
Project	<<project>> class
Pipe line	<<pipeLine>> class
Binary	<<binary>> class

For more information about PowerBuilder reverse engineering, see Reverse Engineering PowerBuilder.