Return values from ancestor scripts – PB Docs 115
Return values from ancestor scripts If you want to perform some processing in an event in a descendent object, but that processing depends on the return value of the ancestor event script, you can use a local variable called AncestorReturnValue that is automatically declared and assigned the return value of the ancestor event. The first…
Chapter 17 Piping Data Between Data Sources – PB Docs 115
Chapter 17 Piping Data Between Data Sources About this chapter This chapter tells you how you can use a Pipeline object in your application to pipe data from one or more source tables to a new or existing destination table. Contents Topic About data pipelines Building the objects you need Performing some initial housekeeping Starting…
Building Web applications – PB Docs 115
Building Web applications PowerBuilder provides several tools that you can use to build Web applications. This section provides a brief overview of these tools and points to where you can find more information. Appeon for PowerBuilder Appeon for PowerBuilder is a product that deploys existing PowerBuilder client/server applications to the Web. For more information, see…
Context information – PB Docs 115
Context information The PowerBuilder context feature allows applications to access certain host (non-PowerBuilder) services. This is a PowerBuilder implementation of functionality similar to the COM QueryInterface. PowerBuilder provides access to the following host services: Context information service Context keyword service CORBACurrent service Error logging service Internet service Secure Sockets Layer service Transaction server service PowerBuilder…
Chapter 23 Building an EAServer Component – PB Docs 115
Chapter 23 Building an EAServer Component About this chapter This chapter explains how to use PowerBuilder to build an EAServer component. Contents Topic About building an EAServer component Working with shared and service components Providing support for instance pooling Providing support for transactions Accessing a database from an EAServer component Defining the component interface Implementing…
Preparing to use the SQL Server database – PB Docs 115
Preparing to use the SQL Server database Before you define the database interface and connect to a Microsoft SQL Server database in PowerBuilder, follow these steps to prepare the database for use: Install and configure the required database server, network, and client software. Install the SQL Native Client database interface. Verify that you can connect…
Using the DirectConnect interface – PB Docs 115
Using the DirectConnect interface The DirectConnect interface uses Sybase’s Open Client CT-Library (CT-Lib) API to access a database through Sybase middleware data access products such as the DirectConnect for OS/390 component of MainFrame Connect and Open ServerConnect™. Accessing Unicode data PowerBuilder can connect, save, and retrieve data in both ANSI/DBCS and Unicode databases. When character…
Overview of troubleshooting tools – PB Docs 115
Overview of troubleshooting tools When you use PowerBuilder, there are several tools available to trace your database connection in order to troubleshoot problems. Table 14-1: Database trace tools Use this tool To trace a connection to Database Trace Any database that PowerBuilder accesses through one of the database interfaces ODBC Driver Manager Trace An ODBC…
Chapter 7 Using Adaptive Server Enterprise – PB Docs 115
Chapter 7 Using Adaptive Server Enterprise About this chapter This section describes how to use the Adaptive Server Enterprise database interfaces in PowerBuilder. Contents Topic Supported versions for Adaptive Server Supported Adaptive Server datatypes Basic software components for Adaptive Server Preparing to use the Adaptive Server database Defining the Adaptive Server database interface Using Open…
Using Open Client directory services – PB Docs 115
Using Open Client directory services The Adaptive Server interfaces provide several DBParm parameters that support Open Client 11.1.x or later network-based directory services in your application. If you are using the required database, directory services, and PowerBuilder software, you can build applications that take advantage of Open Client directory services. What are Open Client directory…