Starting PocketBuilder with an open workspace

When you start a new PocketBuilder session, you can automatically display the last workspace from the previous session. You can even display the painters you had open in the previous session, and open a Script view to the code you were last working on.

Changing start-up options

Options on the Workspaces page of the System Options dialog box allow you to determine what displays when you start PocketBuilder.

StepsTo change start-up options for the development environment:

  1. Select Tools>System Options from the menu bar.

  2. Click the Workspaces tab and select start-up display options as described in Table 2-1.

    Table 2-1: Start-up options for PocketBuilder

    To open PocketBuilder with

    Do this

    The last workspace you were working on

    Select the Reopen Workspace on Startup check box.

    The last workspace, and the painters and editors you were using

    Select the Reopen Workspace on Startup and the Reload Painters When Opening Workspace check boxes.

    No workspace

    Clear the Reopen Workspace on Startup check box. If you also select the Reload Painters When Opening Workspace check box, any painters and editors that were open when you last closed a workspace display when you open that workspace. However, the workspace does not automatically display on start-up.

    The Welcome dialog box

    Select the Show Start Dialog at Startup with no Workspace check box. You must also clear the Reopen Workspace on Startup check box.

NoteOpening PocketBuilder from Windows Explorer You can double-click a workspace file in Windows Explorer to open PocketBuilder with that workspace displayed. PocketBuilder workspaces have a PKW extension.