PBLPeeper versions

PBL Peeper is a Swiss Army knife for PowerBuilder developers
4.1
Mar 12, 2013
Review
4.0
Mar 8, 2008
Review

What's new

v4.1 [Mar 12, 2013]
PowerBuilder.NET initial support
The ability to select solutions (*.pbwx), targets (*.pbtx) and libraries (*.pblx) the same way you would with other PowerBuilder versions
The ability to view XAML in the Browse page in addition to other portions
Show duplicate objects using PB.NET criteria (Lists / Objects)
Auto-Add: Any data entry that allows multiple entries (e.g. Find items) will automatically add a new entry once you've edited the existing blank entries. When starting the process, blank auto-added entries will be ignored.
Graphics Report: Lists graphics referenced, and whether or not they're found
DataWindow to Variables Report: Converts DW data set to list of variables (useful for creating NVOs to receive sets of data in dot notation)
Variables Report: Lists all variables declarations
PBG Verifier Report: Confirms the contents of PBG files (source control) with respect to their folders
Unused Variables Report: Lists all unused local variables
Unused Variables Processor: Removes all unused local variables from scripts
Edit / Copy Data: Copies sets (one or more rows and columns) of data from a list
More Right (Alternate) Mouse Button menus
Lists
Find search items
Find results (grid format)
Complete tooltips coverage (also a new Preference to turn them off)
New UI enhancements (gradients to distinguish rows)
Command line parms now handles the syntax: pblpeeper.exe file_or_dir_name other_clp_parms
In Lists / DW Controls / Lists / View / Show / Attributes, a list of DataWindow attributes is
shown
Browse page history navigation (Back/Forward) keeps track of where in the script your cursor was
Browse page: Ghosted elements show details in the right pane when selected
Find when launched from the Browse page has the items' settings saved
Lists / Objects / File / Save As... / Exports preserves the directory between commands
Trace page Copy allows you to copy subtrees of trace items
When expanding an item in Browse and that item is selected, the displayed portion is updated once the object is indexed
Lists / Objetcs / View / Show / DataWindow Attributes now shows data set column count
Clicking on a list header will sort Date/Time columns descending first
Compare formats DataWindow portions one attribute per line so that seeing differences is easier
Find Count added to Lists / Controls / View / Show
Find Count in Lists lets you filter on items where a search string was found as soon as the search is completed
Browse page: When QuickFind is initiated, it will start searching immediately with the value on the clipboard if the value "looks" like an object name
Find results in grid format adds a RMB
Browse page RMBs
Options to jump to either ancestor or descendant (if more than one descendant exists, a selection list is presented)
Build a report restricted solely to the selected object
Lists / View / Show / Attributes allows attributes (and some numbers within expressions) to be converted from numbers to the colour text (e.g. if(sale_date=today(),255,0) would show as if(sale_date=today(),Red,Black)); also handles meta-colours like WindowText

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