Introduction to PowerBuilder

Creating Shortcuts

Under Windows 95/NT 4.0, the icon you create are called "Shortcut Icon". A shortcut icon for PowerBuilder allows you to start it by double-clicking on the icon rather than using menu options. You may want to create a shortcut icon and start using it. Under Windows 95/NT 4.0, menu options are similar to the picture shown below.

'Start' Menu options under Windows 95/NT4.0

To create a shortcut, invoke the operating system's popup menu by clicking with the right mouse-button on the screen ( on an empty space, not on icons ) and select 'New/Shortcut' from the menu.

Windows 95/NT4.0 right mouse-button menu

Dialog box to Create Shortcut

A dialog box as shown above appears. The name of the PowerBuilder executable is "pb050.exe". This file is located under "c:\xx\pb5i32\". The directory "xx" indicates the directory you have chosen while installing PowerBuilder. Click on 'Next' button after providing the file name and provide the shortcut name in the next dialog box and click on 'Finish' button. You can go ahead by double-clicking on the icon to start PowerBuilder.

There are other ways to create a shortcut , knowing one would be good enough. Once you start working in PowerBuilder, the operating system becomes transparent.

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