Getting
information about PowerBuilder extensions
Online Help
The classes and methods in the extensions provided by Appeon are
described in this book, which is available in the PowerBuilder Help. For
PBDOM, each class is described in a separate chapter.
You can open the Help in several ways:
-
Select PowerBuilder Extension Reference from the PowerBuilder
Help Contents tab page. -
Double-click the file name (pbextref.chm) in the
C:UsersPublicDocumentsAppeonPowerBuilder 18.0Help directory on
Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. -
Type a method name in the Script view, then press Shift+F1 to
open the PowerBuilder Help Index tab with the focus on the first index
entry for that method name. The name of the extension class displays
in parentheses after the method name on the Index tab page, and it
displays above the name of the method when you open the Help for the
method.
If a PowerScript function description displays
If there is a PowerScript function with the same name, the Help
opens automatically to display the PowerScript function. Click the Help
Topics button in the Help window to display the Index tab so that you can
select the extension method.
HTML books
For information about using the extensions provided by Appeon in
your applications, see Application Techniques.
Third-party extensions
The PowerBuilder Help and documentation do not provide any specific
information for extensions developed by third parties. To find out how to
use a third-party extension, see the documentation provided with the
extension.