Controlling transactions from a client – PB Docs 70
Controlling transactions from a client PowerBuilder clients can exercise explicit control of a transaction on an MTS server by using a variable of type OleTxnObject instead of OLEObject to connect to the COM object in MTS. Requires MTS installation The ConnectToNewObject call on an OleTxnObject fails if MTS is not installed on the client computer….
About building a Jaguar client – PB Docs 70
About building a Jaguar client A PowerBuilder application can act as a client to a Jaguar CTS server. To access a method associated with a component on the Jaguar server, the PowerBuilder client needs to connect to the server, instantiate the component, and invoke the component method. About using the wizards PowerBuilder provides two wizards…
Basic steps for setting connection parameters – PB Docs 70
Basic steps for setting connection parameters This section gives basic steps for setting DBParm parameters and database preferences in PowerBuilder on all supported platforms. To set DBParm parameters: Learn how to set DBParm parameters in the development environment or PowerBuilder application script. See “Setting DBParm parameters”. Determine the DBParm parameters you can set for your…
About the OLE DB interface – PB Docs 70
About the OLE DB interface You can access a wide variety of data via OLE DB data providers in PowerBuilder. This section describes what you need to know to use OLE DB connections to access your data in PowerBuilder. Supported OLE DB data providers For a complete list of the OLE DB data providers supplied…
Creating the extended attribute system tables in DB2 databases – PB Docs 70
Creating the extended attribute system tables in DB2 databases This section describes how PowerBuilder creates the extended attribute system tables in your DB2 database to store extended attribute information. It then explains how to use the DB2SYSPB.SQL script to create the extended attribute system tables outside PowerBuilder. You can use the DB2SYSPB.SQL script if you…
Defining a control’s properties – PB Docs 70
Defining a control’s properties Just like the window object, each control has properties that determine how the control looks and behaves during execution (the control’s style). You define a control’s properties by using the Properties view for the control. To define a control’s properties: Select the control. The selected control’s properties display in the Properties…
Types of windows – PB Docs 70
Types of windows PowerBuilder provides the following types of windows: Main Popup Child Response Multiple Document Interface (MDI) frame MDI frame with MicroHelp Main windows Main windows are standalone windows that are independent of all other windows. They can overlap other windows and can be overlapped by other windows. You use a main window as…
About the Menu painter – PB Docs 70
About the Menu painter Views in the Menu painter The Menu painter has several views where you specify menu items and how they look and behave. The following views are available from the View menu: WYSIWYG Menu View Tree Menu View Properties Event List Function List Script Structure List Structure For details about the views,…
The PowerBuilder environment – PB Docs 70
The PowerBuilder environment When you start PowerBuilder the first time In PowerBuilder, you always work within the context of an application. The first time you start PowerBuilder, you see a dialog box that presents wizards for creating a new application. The quickest way to create a basic application (a PowerBuilder library containing an Application object)…
The PBCatTbl table – PB Docs 70
The PBCatTbl table Column Column name Description 1 pbt_tnam Table name 2 pbt_tid Adaptive Server Enterprise Object ID of table (used for Adaptive Server Enterprise only) 3 pbt_ownr Table owner 4 pbd_fhgt Data font height, PowerBuilder units 5 pbd_fwgt Data font stroke weight (400=Normal, 700=Bold) 6 pbd_fitl Data font Italic (Y=Yes, N=No) 7 pbd_funl Data…