Powerbuilder Documentation 2018

GetChildKey – PB Docs 2018

GetChildKey PowerScript function Description Gets the key name of the child item in a JSON parser object. Applies to JSONParser objects Syntax

Argument Description objectname The name of the JSONParser object whose key name you want to obtain. ParentItemHandle A long whose value is the handle of the parent item of JsonObjectItem type. Index…

GetConnectionOption (obsolete) – PB Docs 2018

GetConnectionOption (obsolete) Description Specifies how EAServer should behave if all connections in a cache are being used. This parameter applies only when a PowerBuilder custom class user object is deployed as an EAServer component. Obsolete parameter GetConnectionOption parameter is obsolete, because EAServer is no longer supported since PowerBuilder 2017. Applies to JDB JDBC ODBC O90 Oracle9i…

GetJsonString – PB Docs 2018

GetJsonString PowerScript function Description Gets the JSON string data. Applies to JSONGenerator and JSONPackage objects Syntax

Argument Description objectname The name of the JSONGenerator or JSONPackage object whose data you want to obtain. Return value String. Returns the JSON string data if it succeeds and empty string (“”) if an error occurs. Example 1…

GetNativePointer – PB Docs 2018

GetNativePointer PowerScript function Description Gets a pointer to the OLE object associated with the OLE control. The pointer lets you call OLE functions in an external DLL for the object. Applies to OLE controls and OLE custom controls Syntax

Argument Description olename The name of the OLE control containing the object for which you…

Exception handling in PowerBuilder – PB Docs 2018

Exception handling in PowerBuilder Contents Basics of exception handling Objects for exception handling support Handling exceptions Creating user-defined exception types Adding flexibility and facilitating object reuse Using the SystemError and Error events When a runtime error occurs in a PowerBuilder application, unless that error is trapped, a single application event (SystemError) fires to handle the…

ExtendedOpts – PB Docs 2018

ExtendedOpts property for PowerScript controls Applies to MLSynchronization and MLSync objects Description Specifies a command line option or a list of command line options for the dbmlsync synchronization command. For information about available command line options, you can click the Usage button next to the Extended Options text box on the MobiLink Client Additional Options page…

FindItem – PB Docs 2018

FindItem PowerScript function Contents Syntax 1: For ListBox and DropDownListBox controls Syntax 2: For ListView controls Syntax 3: For ListView controls Syntax 4: For TreeView controls Finds the next item in a list. To find the next item Use In a ListBox, DropDownListBox, PictureListBox, or DropDownPictureListBox Syntax 1 In a ListView control based upon its…

FindTypeDefinition – PB Docs 2018

FindTypeDefinition PowerScript function Description Searches for a type in one or more PowerBuilder libraries (PBLs) and provides information about its type definition. You can also get type definitions for system types. Syntax

Argument Description typename The name of a simple datatype, enumerated datatype, or class for which you want information. To find a type…

FocusOnButtonDown – PB Docs 2018

FocusOnButtonDown property for PowerScript controls Applies to Tab controls Description When the FocusOnButtonDown property is enabled, each tab page gets focus when the user clicks on it. A dotted rectangle marks the tab page. If FocusOnButtonDown is not enabled, the clicked tab page does not display the focus rectangle. In either case, the selected tab…

SelectTextAll – PB Docs 2018

SelectTextAll method (DataWindows) Description Selects all the contents of a RichTextEdit control including any special characters such as carriage return and end-of-file markers. Applies to DataWindow type Method applies to PowerBuilder DataWindow control Syntax PowerBuilder

Argument Description rtename A reference to a DataWindow control in which you want to select all the contents. The…