
Chapter 4 Reverse Engineering
You can define the following PowerBuilder reverse engineering options:
Option
Ignore operation body
Ignore Comments
Create Symbols
Mark Classifiers not to be generated
Create Associations
Libraries
Result of selection
Reverses PowerBuilder objects without including the body of the code
Reverses PowerBuilder objects without including code comments
Creates a symbol for each object in the diagram. Otherwise, reversed objects are visible in the browser
Reversed classifiers (classes and interfaces) cannot then be generated from the model. To be able to generate the classifier, you must select the Generate checkbox in its property sheet
Creates associations between classes
Loads the corresponding PowerBuilder model in the workspace. The Setup program installs these models with PowerDesigner. They contain the class libraries of each version of PowerBuilder and are useful to you in that you can load them quickly into PowerDesigner and thus save time reversing them
ϖTo define PowerBuilder reverse engineering options:
1Select Language➤ Reverse Engineer PowerBuilder. The Reverse PowerBuilder dialog box opens.
2Click the Options tab.