The PowerBar

Default PowerBar buttons

Like the System Tree, the PowerBar provides a main control point for building PocketBuilder applications. From the PowerBar you can create new objects and applications, open existing objects, and debug and run the current application.

Figure 1-3: Default PowerBar buttons

The sample shows the buttons of the Power Bar without text labels

You can display a label on each button in a toolbar to remind you of its purpose. To do so, right-click a toolbar button and select Show Text from the pop-up menu.

**Table 1-2: PowerBar buttons and their uses**
This PowerBar button	Lets you do this
New	Create new objects.
Inherit	Create new windows, user objects, and menus by inheriting from an existing object.
Open	Open existing objects.
Run/Preview	Run windows or preview DataWindows.
System Tree	Work in the System Tree window, which can serve as the hub of your development session.
Output Window	Examine the output of a variety of operations (migration, builds, deployment, project execution, object saves, and searches). See “The Output window”.
Next Error, Previous Error	Navigate through the Output window.
To-Do List	Keep track of development tasks you need to do for the current application and use links to get you quickly to the place where you complete the tasks.
Browser	View information about system objects and objects in your application, such as their properties, events, functions, and global variables, and copy, export, or print the information.
Clip Window	Store objects or code you use frequently. You can drag or copy items to the Clip window to be saved and then drag or copy these items to the appropriate painter view when you want to use them. See “The Clip window”.
Library	Manage your libraries using the Library painter.
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.
Edit	Edit text files (such as source, resource, and initialization files) in the File editor.
Launch Emulator	Open a dialog box that lets you select the emulator that you want to start up. You can also start the emulator manager from this dialog box.
Incremental Build Workspace	Update all the targets and objects in the workspace that have changed since the last build.
Full Build Workspace	Update all the targets and objects in the workspace.
Deploy Workspace	Deploy all the targets in the workspace.
Skip	Interrupt a build, deploy, or search operation. When a series of operations is in progress, such as a full deploy of the workspace, the Skip button lets you jump to the next operation.
Stop	Cancel all build, deploy, or search operations.
Debug	Debug the last target you ran or debugged. You can set breakpoints and watch expressions, step through your code, examine and change variables during execution, and view the call stack and objects in memory.
Select & Debug	Select a target and open the Debugger.
Run	Run the last target you ran or debugged just as your users would run it.
Select & Run	Select a target and run it.
Exit	Close PocketBuilder.

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, PocketBuilder displays a brief description of the button, called a PowerTip. PowerTips display in PocketBuilder wherever there are toolbar buttons.