Using the Preview tab to connect in a PowerBuilder application – PB Docs 2017
Using the Preview tab to connect in a PowerBuilder application The Preview tab page in the Database Profile Setup dialog box makes it easy to generate accurate PowerScript connection syntax in the development environment for use in your PowerBuilder application script. As you complete the Database Profile Setup dialog box, the correct PowerScript connection syntax…
Referencing parts of a graph – PB Docs 2017
Referencing parts of a graph You use dot notation to reference these display properties. For example, one of the properties of a graph’s title is whether the text is italicized or not. That information is stored in the boolean Italic property in the TitleDispAttr property of the graph. For example, to italicize title of graph…
Calling functions – PB Docs 2017
Calling functions You can call server functions for an OLE control through its Object property using the following syntax:
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olecontrolname.Object.{ serverqualifiers.}functionname ( { arguments } ) |
If the OLE object is complex, there could be nested properties or objects within the object that serve as qualifiers for the function name. Required parentheses PowerScript considers all commands to the server either property…
Distributed Application Development with PowerBuilder – PB Docs 2017
Distributed Application Development with PowerBuilder Contents Distributed application architecture Server support About this chapter This chapter gives an overview of distributed application development with PowerBuilder. Document get from Powerbuilder help Thank you for watching.
Using an EJB Proxy project – PB Docs 2017
Using an EJB Proxy project To create a new EJB Client Proxy project, select either of the following from the Projects page of the New dialog box: EJB Client Proxy icon EJB Client Proxy Wizard icon EJB Client Proxy icon The EJB Client Proxy icon opens the Project painter for EJB proxies so you can…
Setting properties – PB Docs 2017
Setting properties You access server properties for an OLE control through its Object property using the following syntax:
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olecontrolname.Object.{ serverqualifiers.}propertyname |
If the OLE object is complex, there could be nested objects or properties within the object that serve as qualifiers for the property name. For example, the following commands for an Excel spreadsheet object activate the…
Browsing the examples – PB Docs 2017
Browsing the examples When the Code Examples application opens, the left pane contains an expandable tree view listing the categories of examples available. Some examples appear in more than one category. For example, the Business Class example is listed under Inheritance and User Objects. If you are looking for examples showing how to work with…
Finding examples – PB Docs 2017
Finding examples If you are looking for ways to work with a specific PowerBuilder object class or feature, you can use the categories in the Examples pane and the descriptions to locate examples. If you are looking for examples using a specific event, function, or user-defined object, use the Search pane. To search for a…
Building a Pipeline object – PB Docs 2017
Building a Pipeline object You must build a Pipeline object to specify the data definition and access aspects of the pipeline that you want your application to execute. Use the Data Pipeline painter in PowerBuilder to create this object and define the characteristics you want it to have. Characteristics to define Among the characteristics you…
The automation interface – PB Docs 2017
The automation interface Contents Setting properties Calling functions Qualifying server commands In PowerBuilder, an OLEObject is your interface to an OLE server or ActiveX control. When you declare an OLEObject variable and connect to a server, you can use dot notation for that variable and send instructions to the server. The instruction might be a…