Powerbuilder Documentation 2018

Powerbuilder Documentation 2018

PageDown – PB Docs 2018

PageDown PowerScript event Description Occurs when the user clicks in the open space below the scroll box. Event ID Event ID Objects pbm_sbnpagedown VScrollBar, VTrackBar Arguments None Return Values Long. Return code choices (specify in a RETURN statement): 0 — Continue processing Usage When the user clicks in a vertical scroll bar, nothing happens unless…

PictureButton control – PB Docs 2018

PictureButton control A PictureButton displays a picture and, like a CommandButton, is used to carry out an action. For example, you can use a button with a picture of a file to save a file, or a button with a picture of a stop sign to cancel a requested deletion. The picture image can be…

Performing some initial housekeeping – PB Docs 2018

Performing some initial housekeeping Now that you have the basic objects you need, you are ready to start writing code to make your pipeline work in the application. To begin, you must take care of some setup chores that will prepare the application to handle pipeline execution. To get the application ready for pipeline execution:…

Piping Data Between Data Sources – PB Docs 2018

Piping Data Between Data Sources Contents About data pipelines Building the objects you need Performing some initial housekeeping Starting the pipeline Handling row errors Performing some final housekeeping 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…

OriginLine – PB Docs 2018

OriginLine property for PowerScript controls Applies to grAxis objects in Graph controls Description The OriginLine property specifies the style of the line that represents the value zero for that axis in the graph. In the painter, the line style settings for an axis are disabled if the axis is not appropriate for the graph type….

OnlineIndex – PB Docs 2018

OnlineIndex database parameter Description Specifies that the Database painter should use the ONLINE keyword when you create or drop an index on a table so that the index can be created or dropped without locking the table. When to specify OnlineIndex You must specify the OnlineIndex parameter before connecting to the database. Applies to I10 Informix…

PacketSize (ODBC) – PB Docs 2018

PacketSize (ODBC) database parameter Description Specifies the network packet size in bytes when you access an ODBC data source in PowerBuilder. Many back-end DBMSs either do not support the PacketSize option or can return only the current network packet size. For information about whether the DBMS you are accessing supports PacketSize, see your DBMS documentation….

MaskDataType – PB Docs 2018

MaskDataType property for PowerScript controls Applies to EditMask controls Description This property specifies the datatype of the control. The special characters used to define the mask differ depending on the datatype of the mask control. Usage In a painter To select the mask datatype: Select the desired type from the Type drop-down list box in…

MaxValDateTime – PB Docs 2018

MaxValDateTime property for PowerScript controls Applies to grAxis objects in Graph controls Description The MaxValDateTime property specifies the maximum value for an axis when the axis datatype is date or time. This property is not used if the Autoscale property is enabled. Usage In a painter To set the maximum value of an axis with…

MemberExists – PB Docs 2018

MemberExists PowerScript function Description Determines whether the named member is part of an OLE object in a storage. The member can be another OLE object (a substorage) or a stream. Applies to OLEStorage objects Syntax

Argument Description olestorage The name of an object variable of type OLEStorage that you want to check membername A…