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DataWindow .NET
How your DataWindow Designer environment is managed........... 32
About the registry .................................................................... 32
About the initialization file........................................................ 33
CHAPTER 2 Working with Libraries.................................................................. 35
About libraries ................................................................................ 35
About the Library painter................................................................ 36
Working with libraries ..................................................................... 37
Displaying libraries and objects............................................... 37
Using the pop-up menu........................................................... 38
Controlling columns that display in the List view..................... 38
Selecting objects ..................................................................... 39
Filtering the display of objects................................................. 39
Filtering the display of libraries and folders............................. 40
Opening and previewing objects ............................................. 40
Copying, moving, and deleting objects.................................... 40
Setting the root........................................................................ 42
Moving back, forward, and up one level.................................. 42
Modifying comments ............................................................... 43
Deleting libraries...................................................................... 44
Optimizing libraries......................................................................... 44
Regenerating library entries ........................................................... 45
Migrating libraries.................................................................... 45
Exporting and importing entries ..................................................... 46
Creating a deployment library (PBD file)........................................ 48
Including additional resources in the PBD file......................... 48
What happens at runtime ........................................................ 49
Creating a library directory report................................................... 49
CHAPTER 3 Managing the Database................................................................. 51
Working with database components .............................................. 51
Managing databases...................................................................... 54
Using the Database painter............................................................ 55
Modifying database preferences ............................................. 58
Logging your work................................................................... 59
Creating and deleting an Adaptive Server Anywhere database..... 60
Working with tables........................................................................ 62
Creating a new table from scratch........................................... 62
Creating a new table from an existing table ............................ 63
Specifying column definitions.................................................. 64
Specifying table and column properties .................................. 64
Altering a table ........................................................................ 68
Cutting, copying, and pasting columns.................................... 70