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PowerBuilder – Watch expressions in Debug

Posted on April 13, 2010 at 8:20 pm in

There is an easy way to see the contents of a datawindow/datastore while in debug mode – through the use of watch expressions.  Once you are stopped at a breakpoint, say after a retrieve, insert the following watch expression:dwname.saveas(“c:\temp\dwname.xls”,xls!,true)The watch window should show a “1” indicating the successful execution of the expression.  Open up the…

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PowerBuilder – ‘Smart’ Crosstab Datawindow

Posted on March 4, 2010 at 8:20 pm in

I had a question from a co-worker regarding a functionality request from a user. Basically they wanted a datawindow to display information for vendors (basic stuff like name, amt 1, amt 2, amt 3, etc.) for a specific set of amount columns. Each line represents one vendor and the various amounts (if any) with a…

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