PowerBuilder .NET Painters

In PowerBuilder .NET, as in PowerBuilder Classic, edit objects—such as applications, windows, and menus—in painters.

PowerBuilder .NET includes painters that are not available in PowerBuilder Classic, such as the Interface and Enumeration painters. You can also use most object painters in PowerBuilder .NET to create indexers and .NET properties, and to declare namespaces and using namespace directives.

• About the Enumeration Painter
  The Enumeration painter is similar to the Structure painter. You can use the painter to define global enumerations for your applications or components, and object painters to define local enumerations for objects in your applications or components.
• About the Interface Painter
  You can create interfaces in the Interface painter. It is similar to the Custom Class (nonvisual object) painter, with a few notable differences.
• Project Painter User Interface
  Use the Project painter to generate compiled resources—such as EXE and .NET assembly files—for runtime applications and components.
• Window Painter in PowerBuilder .NET
  Design windows in the Window painter, which has several views where you specify how a window looks and behaves.
• Building a New WPF Window
  You can build a window from scratch, for example, to create windows that are not based on existing windows.
• MDI Applications in PowerBuilder .NET
  Multiple Document Interface (MDI) is an application style you can use to open multiple windows (called sheets) in a single window and move among the sheets.
• Menus and Toolbars for PowerBuilder .NET Applications
  Adding customized menus and toolbars to your applications makes it easy and intuitive for your users to select commands and options.
• User Objects
  Applications often have features in common. If you find you are repeatedly using the same application feature, define a user object in the User Object painter; you can then use the object in multiple places.