Check PowerBuilder - PowerScript Naming Conventions

Verify PowerBuilder Naming Conventions in Visual Expert Treeview

Select a source of code in Visual Expert’s treeview, under the ‘Applications’ node.
Click on ‘Naming Conventions’ in the navigation bar.
Visual Expert lists the objects that do not follow the predefined naming rules along with a hint on the correction that needs to be made.

Naming Conventions can be called at the root of PB items like Windows, Menu, UserObjects, Functions Objects, etc.

Select the root of ‘Windows’ in Visual Expert treeview.
Click on ‘Naming Conventions’ in the navigation bar.
Visual Expert will list the objects that do not follow the predefined naming rules along with a hint on the correction that needs to be made.

Naming Conventions for PBLs can be called at the root of PBLs as well as on a single PBL.

On the root of PBLs

check naming conventions on the root of PBLs

On a single PBL

check naming conventions on single PBL

Naming Conventions can also be called on a single PB object like a window, a user object, a DataWindow, a menu, or a function.

check naming conventions for PB objects

You can also check the naming conventions in a Code Review Report generated by Visual Expert. The code review report can be useful to find out which objects in a project are not following the defined naming rules.

check naming conventions in code review report

Visual Expert provides a set of default PB naming rules, which can be customized as per your needs.

Mouse over the ‘Naming Conventions’ macro and click on the wrench that appears on its right end.

This opens a configuration window, where the rules can be modified as needed.

You can also configure the naming conventions at the Project Settings level.
Open ‘More Settings’ under the ‘Settings’ tab on the top menu.

Select the ‘PowerBuilder’ tab, then click on ‘PB Naming Conventions’.
Set the naming conventions as required for the current Visual Expert project. The changes will be automatically saved upon closing this window.