Displaying libraries and objects

What you see in the views

In the Library painter Tree view, you can expand items and see the folders, libraries, or objects they contain. The List view displays the contents of a selection in the Tree view.

To expand or collapse an item in the Tree view:

Double-click the item

If the item contains libraries or objects, they display in the List view.

To display the contents of an item in the List view:

Select the item in the Tree view or double-click the item in the List view.

Using drag and drop to expand items

You can drag and drop items to expand them and see the contents.

If you drag an item from a Tree view or List view to a List view, the List view sets the item as the root and displays its contents.

If you drag an item from a Tree view or List view to a Tree view, the Tree view expands to display the dragged item.

For example, you can drag a library from the Tree view and drop it in the List view to quickly display the objects the library contains in the List view. If you are using one Tree view and multiple List views, you can drag a specific library from the Tree view to each List view so each List view contains the contents of a specific library.

For information about using drag and drop to copy or move items, see “Copying, moving, and deleting objects”.

Controlling columns that display in the List view

You can control whether to display the last modification date, compilation date, size, SCC version number, and comments (if comments were added when an object or library was created) in the List view.

The version number column in the Library painter list view remains blank if the source control system for your workspace does not support the PowerBuilder extension to the SCC API. If your source control system supports this extension and if you are connected to source control, you can override the SCC version number of a PowerScript object in the local copy directory through the property sheet for that object.

For more information about listing the SCC version number and overriding it through the PowerBuilder interface, see “Extension to the SCC API”.

To control the display of columns in the List view:

Select Design>Options from the menu bar.
On the General tab page, select or clear these display items: Modification Date, Compilation Date, Sizes, SCC Version Number, and Comments.