About Web services – PB Docs 125
About Web services Web services allow you to use preexisting components (available on the Internet or on a local network) instead of writing new business logic to perform common tasks invoked by the applications that you develop. Web services originated when the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) was introduced. SOAP leverages Extensible Markup Language (XML)…
Syntax 1 System-defined shape – PB Docs 125
Syntax 1 System-defined shape Description Sets the mouse pointer to a specified system-defined shape. Syntax
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<span>SetPointer</span> ( <span>type</span> ) |
Argument Description type A value of the Pointer enumerated datatype indicating the type of pointer you want. Values are: AppStarting! Arrow! Cross! Beam! Help! HourGlass! Hyperlink! Icon! None! Size! SizeNS! SizeNESW! SizeWE! SizeNWSE! UpArrow! Return Values Pointer. Returns the enumerated…
Developing international applications – PB Docs 125
Developing international applications When you develop an application for deployment in multiple languages, you can take advantage of the Unicode support built into PowerBuilder. You also need to focus on two phases of the development process: The first is the internationalization phase, when you deal with design issues before you begin coding the application. The…
Static calls – PB Docs 125
Static calls By default, PowerBuilder makes static lookups for functions and events. This means that it identifies the function or event by matching the name and argument types when it compiles the code. A matching function or event must exist in the object at compile time. Results of static calls Static calls do not guarantee…
Managing Initialization Files and the Windows Registry – PB Docs 125
Managing Initialization Files and the Windows Registry About this chapter This chapter describes how to manage preferences and default settings for PowerBuilder applications. Contents Topic About preferences and default settings Managing information in initialization files Managing information in the Windows registry Document get from Powerbuilder help Thank you for watching.
RegistryDelete – PB Docs 125
RegistryDelete PowerScript function Description Deletes a key or a value for a key in the Windows system registry. Syntax
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<span>RegistryDelete</span> ( <span>key</span>, <span>valuename</span> ) |
Argument Description key A string whose value is the key in the system registry you want to delete or whose value you want to delete. To uniquely identify a key, specify the list of parent…
Deployment Techniques – PB Docs 125
Deployment Techniques This part explains how to package your application for deployment and what files you need to deploy. Document get from Powerbuilder help Thank you for watching.
Static versus dynamic calls – PB Docs 125
Static versus dynamic calls Calling functions and events PowerBuilder calls functions and events in three ways, depending on the type of function or event and the lookup method defined. Table 6-2: How PowerBuilder calls functions and events Type of function Compiler typing Comments Global and system functions Strongly typed. The function must exist when the…
Committing updates to the database – PB Docs 125
Committing updates to the database When a Pipeline object executes, it commits updates to the destination table according to your specifications in the Data Pipeline painter. You do not need to write any COMMIT statements in your application’s scripts (unless you specified the value None for the Pipeline object’s Commit property). Example For instance, both…
PrintDefineFont – PB Docs 125
PrintDefineFont PowerScript function Description Creates a numbered font definition that consists of a font supported by your printer and a set of font properties. You can use the font number in the PrintSetFont or PrintText functions. You can define up to eight fonts at a time. Syntax
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<span>PrintDefineFont</span> ( <span>printjobnumber</span>, <span>fontnumber</span>, <span>facename</span>, <span>height</span>, <span>weight</span>,<br>   <span>fontpitch</span>, <span>fontfamily</span>, <span>italic</span>, <span>underline</span> ) |
Argument Description printjobnumber The number the PrintOpen…