Types of arguments for functions and events – PB Docs 80
Types of arguments for functions and events When you define a function or user event, you specify its arguments, their data types, and how they is passed. There are three ways to pass an argument: By value is the default. PowerBuilder passes a copy of a by-value argument. Any changes affect the copy, and the…
Maintaining database profiles – PB Docs 80
Maintaining database profiles You can easily edit or delete an existing database profile in PowerBuilder. You can edit a database profile to change one or more of its connection parameters. You can delete a database profile when you no longer need to access its data. You can also change a profile using either the Database…
What to do next – PB Docs 80
What to do next For instructions on preparing to use and then defining an ODBC data source, see Chapter 2, “Using the ODBC Interface”. For instructions on preparing to use and then defining a JDBC database interface, see Chapter 3, “Using the JDBC Interface”. For instructions on preparing to use and then defining an OLE…
DBParm support for PowerBuilder components – PB Docs 80
DBParm support for PowerBuilder components There are several connection options that are relevant only to a PowerBuilder custom class user object that is deployed as a transaction server component. These DBParm parameters can be set via the EAServer or EAServer/MTS tab of the Database Profile Setup dialog box for the appropriate database interface or by…
Installing PowerBuilder stored procedures in Adaptive Server databases – PB Docs 80
Installing PowerBuilder stored procedures in Adaptive Server databases This section describes how to install PowerBuilder stored procedures in an Adaptive Server database by running SQL scripts provided for this purpose. You must run these scripts outside PowerBuilder before connecting to an Adaptive Server database for the first time through the Adaptive Server (SYC DBMS identifier)…
Writing client-side scripts – PB Docs 80
Writing client-side scripts Responding to events If you want to provide additional processing of newly entered data or have more control over user interactions with the data, you can choose to enable events in the Web DataWindow client control. To do so, you set the Client Events property on the HTML Generation page in the…
Generating HTML – PB Docs 80
Generating HTML You can use the data in a DataWindow object to create HyperText Markup Language (HTML) syntax. Once the HTML has been created, you can display it in a Web browser. Web DataWindow This section does not describe the Web DataWindow. The Web DataWindow uses DataWindow object properties that are described in Chapter 6,…
Deploying the Web ActiveX – PB Docs 80
Deploying the Web ActiveX CAB file for deployment The Sybase installation directory includes a CAB file that contains all files and information the client Web browser (Internet Explorer) needs for installing the Web ActiveX and the Transaction Object control. The CAB file includes: An Open Software Distribution information file DLLs for the controls Java class…
The PBCatEdt table – PB Docs 80
The PBCatEdt table Column Column name Description 1 pbe_name Edit style name 2 pbe_edit Format string (edit style type dependent; see below) 3 pbe_type Edit style type (see below) 4 pbe_cntr Revision counter (increments each time edit style is altered) 5 pbe_seqn Row sequence number for edit types requiring more than one row in PBCatEdt…
Specifying application properties – PB Docs 80
Specifying application properties You specify application properties in the Application painter’s Properties view. To specify application properties: In the Application painter, if the Properties view is not open, select View>Properties from the menu bar. With the exception of the AppName property, the properties on the General and Toolbar tab pages can be modified in the…