Specifications

Running an application
584 InfoMaker
❖ To modify the Start In property of the application shortcut:
1 Position the pointer on the icon, display the pop-up menu, and select
Properties.
InfoMaker displays the shortcut’s property sheet.
2 Select the Shortcut tab and type the location of the PowerBuilder runtime
files in the Start In box.
About the location of PowerBuilder runtime files
When you install InfoMaker, the installation process puts the files in the
\Sybase\Shared\PowerBuilder folder in the install location you choose.
You must specify the name of the drive. If you specify a relative path
name, the application will be unable to locate the runtime files.
3 Click OK.
Now you can double-click the application shortcut to run the application.
What happens when
you run an application
When you run the application, the application reads information in the
application’s initialization file and connects to the database to access the data.
Then the application’s main window displays with a menu bar and toolbar:
The application toolbar always has an Exit button and optionally has a Reports
button, a Pipelines button, and a Forms button. If the application does not have
any reports, the toolbar does not have a Reports button (similarly for forms and
pipelines). If you defined toolbar buttons for individual reports, forms, or
pipelines when you created the application, the toolbar contains these buttons.