Introduction to PowerBuilder

Starting PowerBuilder

If you have PowerBuilder installed on Windows 3.x/ Window NT version prior to 4.0, the PowerBuilder program group looks like the following picture. The number of icons in the group may vary depending on:

	the options you choose while installing PowerBuilder.
	the type of PowerBuilder package you installed, i.e. PowerBuilder Desktop/ Professional/ Enterprise.

PowerBuilder Group under Windows 3.x/NT 3.51

To start PowerBuilder, you need to either double-click on the 'PowerBuilder x.x for Intel 32' icon ( where x is the PowerBuilder version no. ) or tab onto that icon and press Enter key when the icon is highlighted.

As you may recall, Windows 95/NT 4.0 user interface is different from Windows 3.x/NT 3.51. If you have installed PowerBuilder on Windows 95/NT4.0, PowerBuilder icons are added to the 'Start' button menu. Here to start PowerBuilder, you need to click on the 'Start' button ( placed on the  windows task bar ) and select 'Programs/ PowerBuilder x.x/ PowerBuilder x.x for Intel 32' options. After starting PowerBuilder, it looks as shown below:

PowerBuilder Startup Window

When you start PowerBuilder, it opens the last application you worked on as the current application and displays the application name as the window title. PowerBuilder comes with an example application named "example50". By default PowerBuilder starts this application. You cannot work on PowerBuilder without an application. If there are no applications installed, PowerBuilder prompts you to select an application or create a new application. More details on creating the application in a moment.

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