CharSet

CharSet (enumerated)

The international character set used
by PowerBuilder. Values include:

• CharSetAnsi!

• CharSetUnicode!

• CharSetDBCS!

• CharSetDBCSJapanese!

The values CharSetAnsiArabic! and CharSetAnsiHebrew! are not
valid choices in PowerBuilder 6 or later.

ClassDefinition

PowerObject

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

CPUType

CPUTypes (enumerated)

The type of CPU. For a complete list
of CPUTypes values, see the Enumerated tab of the Browser.

Language

LanguageID
(enumerated)

Specifies the value of the language setting
for the machine. For a complete list of LanguageID values, see the
Enumerated tab of the Browser.

MachineCode

Boolean

Specifies whether the application executable
is machine code (compiled). Values are:

• TRUE – Executable is machine code.

• FALSE – Executable is
  not machine code (pseudo-code).

OSFixesRevision

Integer

The maintenance version of the operating
system.

OSMajorRevision

Integer

The major version of the operating system.
For example, this value would be 4 for Windows 95, 98, ME, and NT
4.x, 5 for Windows 2000, XP, or 2003, and 6 for Vista, Windows Server 2008,
and Windows 7.

OSMinorRevision

Integer

The point release of the operating system.
For example, this value would be 0 for Windows Server 2008 and Vista,
1 for Windows XP or Windows 7, 2 for Windows Server 2003 and 64-bit
XP, and 10 for SunOS 5.10 (Solaris 10).

PBBuildNumber

Integer

The build number of this version of PowerBuilder.

PBFixesRevision

Integer

The maintenance version of PowerBuilder.

PBMajorRevision

Integer

The major version of PowerBuilder.

PBMinorRevision

Integer

The point release of PowerBuilder.

NumberOfColors

LongLong

Number of colors on the screen.

ScreenHeight

Long

Height of the screen in pixels.

ScreenWidth

Long

Width of the screen in pixels.

OSType

OSTypes (enumerated)

Operating system or environment. For
a complete list of OSType values, see the Enumerated tab of the
Browser.

PBType

PBTypes (enumerated)

Version of the PowerBuilder product.
For a complete list of PBType values, see the Enumerated tab of
the Browser.

Win16 (obsolete)

Boolean

Indicates the type of the operating system
in which the application executable is running. Values are:

• TRUE – Executable
  is running under a 16-bit operating system.

• FALSE – Executable is
  running under a 32-bit operating system.

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.