Ancestor

ClassDefinition

An object that represents the ancestor
class. Ancestor is NULL when the ClassDefinition is describing PowerObject.

Category

TypeCategory

Specifies whether the type is simple,
enumerated, or a class or structure. For a class definition, the
value is ClassOrStructureType!.

ClassDefinition

PowerObject

An object of type PowerObject containing
information about the class definition of the object or control.

DataTypeOf

String

The system class name of the object.
DataTypeOf is a string representation of a value of the Object enumerated
datatype. Values are lowercase with no exclamation point. Sample
values include:

• window

• string

• any

• dropdownlistbox

For objects you have defined, the datatype is the system class from
which your object is inherited.

IsAutoinstantiate

Boolean

Indicates whether the class is an autoinstantiated
class.

IsStructure

Boolean

Indicates whether the class is a structure.

IsSystemType

Boolean

Indicates whether the class is a system
class—that is, one of the classes defined within PowerBuilder
as opposed to a class defined in a PBL by
a user.

IsVariableLength

Boolean

Specifies whether the datatype has a
fixed size. Values are:

• TRUE – The
  datatype is variable length, meaning the datatype is a string, any,
  blob, or unbounded array.

• FALSE – The datatype
  is a fixed length.

IsVisualType

Boolean

Indicates whether the class is a visual
(displayable) or non-visual type. Values are:

• TRUE – The class is
  visual, for example, a window or a control.

• FALSE – The class is
  non-visual, for example, a class user object or a simple datatype.

LibraryName

String

The fully qualified name of the library
the class was loaded from.

Name

String

The name of the class. For a nested class,
the name is returned in the form of libraryEntryName`className.

NestedClassList[ ]

ClassDefinition

An unbounded array of objects representing
the nested classes and local structures for the object.

The array is empty if there are no nested classes. Call the UpperBound
function to find out the number of nested classes.

ParentClass

ClassDefinition

An object that represents the parent
class that this class is nested within. The value is NULL if the
class is not a nested class.

ScriptList[ ]

ScriptDefinition

An unbounded array of objects representing
the scripts implemented or defined in the collapsed class hierarchy.

The array is empty if there are no scripts. Call the UpperBound function
to find out the number of scripts.

VariableList[ ]

Variable
Definition

An unbounded array of objects representing
the properties or shared variables in the collapsed class hierarchy.

The array is empty if there are no variables. Call the UpperBound function
to find out the number of variables.

ClassName

String

Returns the class of the object.

FindMatchingFunction

ScriptDefinition

Finds a function that matches the specified
name and argument list.

GetContextService

Integer

Creates a reference to a context-specific
instance of the specified service.

GetParent

PowerObject

Returns a reference to the name of the
parent object.

TypeOf

Object

Returns the type of the object.