I've been working with PowerBuilder for close to a decade now. In that time I've seen PB developers create some screens that, while they functioned properly, could have been ….. a little nicer looking. In this blog post I briefly go over a few things that, IMHO, can help you create better looking PowerBuilder apps. I plan on writing a series of blog posts that expand on each of these items. I'll update this post with links to the other posts as they become available. Standard disclaimer: I'm not a graphics designer nor do I play one on TV. Take what I say with a grain of salt. Color Probably the simplest thing you can do to make a PowerBuilder application look better is to add a bit of color. Just don't overdo it. You want to make the screen visually appealing without it becoming a distraction. Icons The second thing you can do to make your PB apps look better is to add some icons. Although PowerBuilder comes with several ...
When Gimp 2.10 was released, the new icons for the toolbox items were all black and white. If, like me, you'd like to go back to the color versions, here's how: Select Edit --> Preferences From the Preferences dialog, under the Interface section, select Icon Theme For the icon theme, select Legacy if you want icons like they were in 2.8. If you'd like color versions of the new icons, select the icon theme named Color .
The other day I went looking for a PowerBuilder color chart. And while I found a few , they weren't exactly what I was looking for, so I created my own. It's available as a PDF here .
Comments