About the PowerBar

What it is

The PowerBar is the main control point for working in InfoMaker. From the PowerBar you can create new objects and libraries and open existing objects.

The sample shows ten icons arranged horizontally. The table that follows identifies the icons and explains what clicking them allows the user to do.

Buttons on the PowerBar

From left to right on the PowerBar, here are the buttons and what you can do after you click a button:

This PowerBar button	Lets you do this
New	Create new objects
Open	Open existing objects
Preview	Run forms or preview reports
Select Library	Select an existing library or create a new one
Library List	Specify libraries for user-defined form styles and shared queries
To-Do List	Keep track of object creation tasks and use links to quickly get you to the place where you complete the tasks
Library	Manage your libraries using the Library painter and create executable versions of reports, forms, and pipelines
DB Profile	Define and use named sets of parameters to connect to a particular database
Database	Maintain databases and database tables, control user access to databases, and manipulate data in databases using the Database painter
Exit	Close InfoMaker

Customizing the PowerBar

You can customize the PowerBar. For example, you can choose whether to move the PowerBar around, add buttons for operations you perform frequently, and display text in the buttons. For more information, see “Using toolbars”.

About PowerTips

In the PowerBar, when you leave the mouse pointer over a button for a second or two, InfoMaker displays a brief description of the button, called a PowerTip. PowerTips display in InfoMaker wherever there are toolbar buttons.