EnumerationDefinition object – PB Docs 2022

Category

TypeCategory

Specifies whether the type is simple, enumerated,
or a class or structure. Values
are:

SimpleType!

EnumeratedType!

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 or simple datatype of the
variable. 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.

Enumeration[ ]

EnumerationItemDefinition

An array of the name-value pairs for all the items
in the enumeration.

IsStructure

Boolean

Indicates whether the type is a structure. Always
FALSE.

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.
Always true.

Values are:

TRUE — The
datatype is of 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 type is a visual or nonvisual
type. Always false.

LibraryName

String

The fully qualified name of the library the class
was loaded from. The library can no longer contain the class. If
a program manipulates the contents of libraries, the class could
have been moved or deleted after it was loaded.

Name

String

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

ClassName

String

Returns the name assigned to the
object.

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.