Chapter 9 Working with PDMs

Generating PowerBuilder extended attributes

You can update the PowerBuilder extended attribute system tables by performing a PowerBuilder extended attribute generation.

During generation, certain extended attributes may contain variables in their values, which are translated during generation, for example to access object properties. The following object properties are translated during generation:

Object Property
Table Comment
Column Comment

Label

Header

Initial value

This automated process uses the PowerDesigner generation template language (GTL).

For more information on the PowerDesigner template language, see chapter Generation Reference Guide in Advanced User Documentation .

Steps To generate PowerBuilder extended attributes:

  1. Select Tools→PowerBuilder→Generate Extended Attributes.

    The PowerBuilder Extended Attributes Generation dialog box is displayed.
  2. Click the Connect to an ODBC Data Source tool.

    The Connect to an ODBC Data Source dialog box is displayed.
  3. Select a machine or file data source and click Connect.

    The selected data source is displayed in the ODBC Data Source box in the upper part of the PowerBuilder Extended Attributes Generation dialog box.
  4. Select the tables you want to generate.
  5. Click OK to start generation.

    The Output window displays the generation messages.

 

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