Using PSE Pro for C++ Inspector

With PSE Pro for C++ Inspector you can browse, edit, and report on data in a PSE Pro database. Inspector comes with a complete online help system that describes how to use it.

Installing and configuring Inspector

PSE Pro Inspector requires Microsoft Visual C++ 7.1.

PSE Pro Inspector is installed automatically during the PSE Pro for C++ installation.

Preparing databases for viewing with Inspector

Before you view a database with Inspector, you need to prepare a schema database and a schema DLL that contain information about the persistent classes stored in your application's database.

To prepare these files, you run the PSE Pro schema generator pssg with the -asdb and -asdll options on the application's schema source file as follows:
pssg -asdb schema.adb -asdll schema.dll schema.scm
where
    schema.adb is the name of the schema databsase to be generated.
    schema.dll is the name of schema DLL to be generated.
    schema.scm is the name of your schema source file.

Run Inspector by selecting Start | Program Files | ObjectStore PSE Pro for C++ | Inspector.

Select File | Open and select the database you want to view. If you are opening it for the first time, Inspector will ask you to select the relevant schema database. Select the schema database you created in step 1.

Limitations of PSE Pro for C++ Inspector

Although the PSE Pro Inspector is based on the ObjectStore Inspector, the PSE Pro Inspector has the following limitations:

No support for Physical Database Layout
No support for User Defined Methods
Metadata cannot be stored in a database opened with PSE Pro Inspector.
Supports only databases created with the default page size setting of 4K.