TypeDefinition object – PB Docs 2019

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.

IsStructure

Boolean

Indicates whether the type is a
structure.

IsSystemType

Boolean

Indicates whether the type is defined by
PowerBuilder as opposed to a type 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 type is a visual
(displayable) or nonvisual type. Values are:

TRUE —
The type is visual, for example, a window or a
control.

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

LibraryName

String

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

Name

String

The name of the type. For a nested type, the name
is returned in the form of
libraryEntryName`typeName

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