Environment object – PB Docs 2019

CharSet

CharSet (enumerated)

The international character set used by
PowerBuilder. Values include:

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).

NumberOfColors

LongLong

Number of colors on the screen.

OSFixesRevision

Integer

The maintenance version of the operating
system.

OSMajorRevision

Integer

The major version of the operating system. For
example, this value would be 6 for Windows Server 2012 or
Windows 8.1, and 10 for Windows Server 2016 or 2019 or Windows
10. For a complete list, see Operating
System Version on MSDN.

OSMinorRevision

Integer

The point release of the operating system. For
example, this value would be 0 for Windows 10, or Windows Server
2019, 2016, or 2008, 1 for Windows 7, 2 for Windows 8. For a
complete list, see Operating
System Version on MSDN.

OSType

OSTypes (enumerated)

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

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. 0 indicates GA,
1 indicates R2, and 2 indicates R3.

PBType

PBTypes (enumerated)

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

ProcessBitness

Integer

Identifies whether the application is a 32-bit or
64-bit process. Values are:

32 — stands for
32-bit

64 — stands for 64-bit

RuntimePath

String

The installation location of PowerBuilder Runtime
that is currently used by the application.

ScreenHeight

Long

Height of the screen in pixels.

ScreenWidth

Long

Width of the screen in pixels.

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.