ObjectMode – PB Docs 125
ObjectMode database parameter Description Allows PowerBuilder to turn off the Oracle Call Interface (OCI) object mode. By default, PowerBuilder sets the mode parameter of OCIInitialize(), the first OCI call in any OCI application, to OCI_OBJECT. When object mode is on, your application can define and use new database object types. Controls O90 Oracle9i O10 Oracle…
PBCatalogOwner – PB Docs 125
PBCatalogOwner database parameter Description Specifies a nondefault owner for the extended attribute system tables. These five tables contain default extended attribute information for your database. When you specify a PBCatalogOwner name that is different from the default owner for your DBMS, PowerBuilder creates a new set of tables with the owner name you specify. When…
Letting users redefine the crosstab – PB Docs 125
Letting users redefine the crosstab Availability This technique is available in PowerBuilder and the Web ActiveX. With the CrosstabDialog method, you can allow users to redefine which columns in the retrieved data are associated with the crosstab’s columns, rows, and values during execution. The CrossTabDialog method displays the Crosstab Definition dialog box for the user…
Defining reusable DataWindow controls – PB Docs 125
Defining reusable DataWindow controls You might want all the DataWindow controls in your application to have similar appearance and behavior. For example, you might want all of them to do the same error handling. To be able to define these behaviors once and reuse them in each window, you should create a standard user object…
What the Web DataWindow is – PB Docs 125
What the Web DataWindow is The Web DataWindow is a DataWindow that is generated for use in Web applications. The Web DataWindow offers a thin-client solution that provides most of the data manipulation, presentation, and scripting capabilities of the PowerBuilder DataWindow without requiring any PowerBuilder DLLs or plug-ins on the Web client. The DataWindow that…
Saving graph data – PB Docs 125
Saving graph data PowerBuilder The following methods allow you to save data from the graph: Table 5-3: PowerBuilder methods for saving data from a graph Method Action Clipboard Copies a bitmap image of the specified graph to the clipboard SaveAs Saves the data in the underlying graph to the clipboard or to a file in…
Using DWSyntax – PB Docs 125
Using DWSyntax The DWSyntax tool, available on the Tool tab in the New dialog box, makes it easy to specify dot notation, Describe, Modify, and SyntaxFromSQL statements. To access DWSyntax, select File>New and select the Tool tab. Select the type of statement you want to create from the Syntax menu: Describe Select an object type…
Connecting and retrieving data – PB Docs 125
Connecting and retrieving data To connect and retrieve data, you must write a script. The script can belong to a Retrieve button, or you can have the retrieval occur automatically by putting the code in the window’s onLoad script. For example, to connect and retrieve data for a Web ActiveX named dw_1, using a DataWindow…
Deploying DataWindow objects to the component server – PB Docs 125
Deploying DataWindow objects to the component server When you run a Web DataWindow application, the definitions of your DataWindow objects must be available on the component server. You can ensure this by copying the PBL or PBD file that contains the definition of the objects to the server. If you are using EAServer, the files…
How the XML Web DataWindow works – PB Docs 125
How the XML Web DataWindow works The XML Web DataWindow generates DataWindow content, layout, and style separately at runtime and renders in the browser a fully functional DataWindow in XHTML. You can customize each of these XML Web DataWindow components at design time using a custom XHTML export template in the Export Template view for…