Almost all PowerBuilder controls are supported in .NET Web Forms applications. However some of the methods and properties on supported controls do not work in Web Forms applications.
| Category | Unsupported feature |
|---|---|
| Control Functions | Clear (supported for EditMask controls), Cut, Copy, Paste, CanUndo, Undo, Drag, Print (can be used for DataWindows and DataStores to print to PDF files), SetActionCode, and SetRedraw |
| Events | Drag and drop events, GetFocus, LoseFocus events (supported when a call to the SetFocus function causes the focus change) Help event MouseMove event Other event |
| Properties | Accelerator AccessibleDescription AccessibleName AccessibleRole DragAuto DragIcon IMEMode |
This table lists the functions, events, and properties that are not supported on some individual objects or controls. It does not include the items listed in the table under Unsupported functions, events, and properties .
| Supported object or control | Unsupported functions | Unsupported events | Unsupported properties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animation (Playback behavior depends on Windows Media Player on client side.) | Play (supported, but parameters ignored), Seek | Click, DoubleClick, Help, Start, Stop | OriginalSize, Transparent |
| ClassDefinition | No additional | No additional | LibraryName, VariableList (supported, but the sequence of variables might differ in .NET applications) |
| DataStore | Same as DataWindow control | Destructor, Error, ItemChanged, PrintEnd, PrintPage, PrintStart | No additional |
| DataWindow control | AcceptText CopyRTF, PasteRTF Find, FindNext GenerateHTMLForm GenerateResultSet GetStateStatus GetRichTextmethod GetText ImportClipboard InsertDocument LineCount OLEActivate Position PrintCancel ReplaceText ResetInk SaveInk functions Scroll Selected functions SelectText functions SetActionCode SetCultureFormat SetDetailHeight SetFocus SetRedraw SetRichTextmethod SetText ShowHeadFoot TextLine | EditChanged GetFocus LoseFocus PrintEnd PrintMarginChange PrintPage PrintStart RichTextCurrentStyleChanged RichTextLimitError RichTextLoseFocus ScrollHorizontal ScrollVertical (The Clicked event is not triggered on editable text columns that already have focus. See Partially supported control events. | ControlMenu HSplitScroll Icon LiveScroll MaxBox MinBox Resizable RichTextToolbarActivation RightToLeft Title TitleBar |
| DataWindow object (See DataWindow support for a list of controls that are not supported in a DataWindow object. See Controls in DataWindow objects for unsupported properties of controls that you can place in a DataWindow object.) | Has no functions | Has no events | Bandname.Gradient.Property Bandname.Height.Autosize Bandname.Pointer Bandname.Text Brushmode Grid.ColumnMove Header.#.Suppress Help.Property HorizontalScrollProperty HideGrayLine Label.Ellipse_Property Label.Shape (support rectangle shape only) OLE.Client Picture.Property Pointer Print.Preview.Property Retrieve.AsNeeded RichText.Property Row.Resize Sparse Storage.Property Transparency Tree.Property VerticalScrollProperty Zoom |
| DataWindowChild | Same as DataWindow control | Has no events | No additional |
| DatePicker | GetCalendar | Clicked CloseUp DoubleClicked DropDown UserString ValueChanged | AllowEdit DropDownRight RightToLeft ShowUpDown TodaySection WeekNumbers |
| DropDownListBox, DropDownPictureListBox | DirList (supported, but can only include files from the virtual file system) Position ReplaceText SelectedLength SelectedStart SelectedText SelectText | DoubleClicked | AllowEdit AutoHScroll Limit RightToLeft ShowList |
| EditMask | CanUndo LineCount LineLength Position ReplaceText Scroll SelectedLength SelectedLine SelectedStart SelectedText SelectText TextLine Undo | No additional | AutoHScroll AutoSkip AutoVScroll DisplayData DropDownRight HideSelection IgnoreDefaultButton Increment Limit MinMax Spin TabStop UseCodeTable |
| Graph | Clipboard GetDataLabelling GetDataTransparency GetSeriesLabelling GetSeriesTransparency ImportClipboard ImportFile SaveAs SetDataLabelling SetDataTransparency SetFocus SetSeriesLabelling SetSeriesTransparency | No additional | FocusRectangle Render3D |
| HProgressBar | No additional | DoubleClicked | SmoothScroll |
| HScrollBar | No additional | RButtonDown | No additional |
| HTrackBar | SelectionRange | No additional | SliderSize TickFrequency TickMarks |
| ListBox | DirList (supported, but can only include files from the virtual file system) SetTop Top | DoubleClicked | DisableNoScroll ExtendedSelect RightToLeft TabStop |
| ListView | Arrange EditLabel FindItem (partial support: see Control functions with partial support) GetItemAtPointer GetOrigin SetOverlayPicture | BeginDrag BeginLabelEdit BeginRightDrag DeleteAllItems EndLabelEdit ItemActivate Key RightClicked RightDoubleClicked Sort | AutoArrange ButtonHeader DeleteItems ExtendedSelect FixedLocations GridLines HeaderDragDrop HideSelection LabelWrap LayoutRTL OneClickActivate RightToLeft ShowHeader TrackSelect TwoClickActivate UnderlineCold UnderlineHot |
| ListViewItem | No additional | No additional | CutHighlighted DropHighlighted ItemX ItemY |
| MailFileDescription | No additional | No additional | FileType Position |
| MailMessage | No additional | No additional | ConversationID DateRecieved MessageType MessageSent ReceiptRequested Unread |
| MailRecipient | No additional | No additional | EntryID |
| MailSession | MailDeleteMessage MailGetMessages MailHandle MailLogon MailLogoff MailReadMessage MailRecipientDetails MailResolveRecipient MailSaveMessage (For MailSend restrictions, see Mail support.) | No additional | MessageID SessionID |
| Menu | No additional | Selected (Can be supported for simple tasks that are run prior to the rendering of Web Forms in a client browser. See Partially supported control events.) | BitmapBackColor BitmapGradient MenuAnimation MenuBitmaps MenuImage MenuTitles MenuTitleText MergeOption MicroHelp TitleBackColor TitleGradient ToolbarAnimation ToolbarItemDown ToolbarItemDownName ToolbarItemSpace |
| MonthCalendar | GetDisplayRange | Clicked DoubleClicked | AutoSize MaxSelectCount RightToLeft ScrollRate TodaySection WeekNumbers |
| MultiLineEdit | LineCount LineLength Position Scroll SelectedLine SelectedStart TextLine | RButtonDown | AutoHScroll AutoVScroll HideSelection TabStop |
| Picture | No additional | No additional | FocusRectangle Map3DColors |
| PictureButton | No additional | No additional | Map3DColors |
| PictureHyperLink | No additional | No additional | FocusRectangle Map3DColors |
| PictureListBox | DirList (supported, but can only include files from the virtual file system) SetTop Top | DoubleClicked | DisableNoScroll ExtendedSelect RightToLeft TabStop |
| RadioButton | No additional | No additional | BorderStyle |
| RichTextEdit | CopyRTF DataSource Find FindNext GetAlignment GetParagraphSetting GetSpacing GetTextColor GetTextStyle InputField functions InsertDocument (supported for TXT format only) InsertPicture IsPreview LineCount LineLength PageCount PasteRTF Position Preview PrintEx ReplaceText SaveDocument (seePartial support for SaveDocument function ) Scroll functions Selected functions SelectText functions Set functions (except SetFocus, which is supported) ShowHeadFoot TextLine | DoubleClicked FileExists InputFieldSelected Key Modified Mouse events PictureSelected RButtonUp | Accelerator BottomMargin ControlCharsVisible HeaderFooter HScrollbar InputField properties LeftMargin Modified PictureAsFrame PopMenu Resizable RightMargin RulerBar SelectedStartPos SelectedTextLength StatusBar TabBar TopMargin VScrollBar WordWrap |
| ScriptDefinition | No additional | No additional | AliasName ExternalUserFunction (not supported for system functions; supported for external functions only) LocalVariableList Source SystemFunction |
| SimpleTypeDefinition | No additional | No additional | LibraryName |
| SingleLineEdit | No additional | RButtonDown | AutoHScroll HideSelection |
| StaticHyperLink | No additional | No additional | FillPattern FocusRectangle RightToLeft |
| StaticText | No additional | No additional | FillPattern FocusRectangle RightToLeft |
| Tab | No additional | DoubleClicked RightDoubleClicked | Alignment (supported in TabsOnTop style when ShowPicture is set to false) FixedWidth (supported in TabsOnTop style, single-line mode) FocusOnButtonDown Multiline (supported in TabsOnTop style) Perpendicular (supported in single-line mode) RaggedRight (supported in TabsOnTop style; always true inTabsOnLeft style) TabPosition (Enum values supported for TabsOnTop and TabsOnLeft only) |
| TreeView | AddStatePicture DeleteStatePicture DeleteStatePictures EditLabel GetItemAtPointer SetDropHighlight SetFirstVisible SetLevelPictures SetOverlayPicture | BeginDrag BeginLabelEdit BeginRightDrag EndLabelEdit Key Notify RightDoubleClicked Sort | DeleteItems DisableDragDrop EditLabels FullRowSelect HasButtons (False value unsupported for RadControl TreeView; supported in IE Web Control TreeView) HideSelection Indent (Unsupported for RadControl TreeView; supported in IE Web Control TreeView) LayoutRTL LinesAtRoot PictureHeight PictureWidth RightToLeft SingleExpand StatePictureHeight StatePictureWidth TrackSelect |
| TreeViewItem | No additional | No additional | Bold CutHighlighted DropHighlighted ExpandedOnce HasFocus OverlayPictureIndex Selected |
| TypeDefinition | No additional | No additional | LibraryName |
| UserObject | AddItem DeleteItem EventParmDouble EventParmString InsertItem | No additional | ColumnsPerPage LibraryName LinesPerPage Style TabBackColor UnitsPerColumn UnitsPerLine |
| VariableDefinition | No additional | No additional | OverridesAncestorValue Supported only for descriptions of instance variables: IsConstant ReadAccess WriteAccess Supported only for descriptions of instance variables and primitive-type properties, such as int, string, long, and so on: InitialValue |
| VProgressBar | No additional | DoubleClicked | SmoothScroll |
| VScrollBar | No additional | RButtonDown | No additional |
| VTrackBar | SelectionRange | No additional | SliderSize TickFrequency TickMarks |
| Window | DDE functions GetToolbar GetToolbarPos InputField functions SetMicroHelp SetToolbar SetToolbarPos | DDE events Deactivate DoubleClicked Hide Key Mouse events SystemKey ToolbarMoved | Border, ClientEdge
ColumnsPerPage
ContextHelp
HScrollbar
KeyboardIcon
LinesPerPage
PaletteWindow
Resizable
RightToLeft
TitleBar
Toolbar properties
(except ToolbarVisible)
Transparency
UnitsPerColumn
UnitsPerLine
VScrollbar
Supported for child, popup, and response windows only: Center ControlMenu MaxBox MinBox |
The SaveDocument function for RichTextEdit controls is supported for the TXT format, but HTML tags are saved in the text file. SaveDocument can also save text and images to HTML and DOC file formats, however, it cannot correctly save Unicode characters in these file formats. SaveDocument does not support RTF or PDF formats in Web Forms applications.
| Control in DataWindow | Unsupported properties |
|---|---|
| Button | AccessibleProperty, Background.Brushmode, Background.Gradient.Property, Background.Transparency, Font.Escapement, Font.Width, HideSnaked, Moveable, Pointer, Resizeable, SlideLeft, SlideUp, Tooltip.Property, Transparency, VTextAlign |
| Column | AccessibleProperty, Background.Brushmode, Background.Gradient.Property, Background.Transparency, CheckBox.Scale, CheckBox.Other, ddlb.AllowEdit, ddlb.Limit, ddlb.ShowList, ddlb.Sorted, ddlb.UseAsBorder, dddw.AllowEdit, dddw.Lines, dddw.PercentWidth, dddw.ShowList, dddw.UseAsBorder, Edit.AutoHScroll, Edit.AutoVScroll, Edit.Case, Edit.HScrollBar, Edit.VScrollBar, EditMask.CodeTable, EditMask.DDCal_Property, EditMask.SpinProperty, Font.Escapement, Font.Width, Height.Autosize, HideSnaked, Ink.Property, InkEdit.Property, Moveable, Pointer, RadioButtons.Scale, Resizeable, SlideLeft, SlideUp, Tooltip.Property, Transparency, UseEllipsis |
| Computed field | AccessibleProperty, Background.Brushmode, Background.Gradient.Property, Background.Transparency, Font.Escapement, Font.Width, Height.Autosize, HideSnaked, Moveable, Pointer, Resizeable, SlideLeft, SlideUp, Tooltip.Property, Transparency |
| Graph | AccessibleProperty, HideSnaked, Moveable, Pointer, Render3D, Resizeable, SlideLeft, SlideUp |
| Group box | AccessibleProperty, Background.Brushmode, Background.Gradient.Property, Background.Transparency, Font.Escapement, Font.Width, Moveable, Pointer, Resizeable, SlideLeft, SlideUp, Tooltip.Property, Transparency |
| Line (diagonal line is unsupported) | Background.Brushmode, Background.Gradient.Property, Background.Transparency, Moveable, Pen.Style, Pen.Width, Pointer, Resizeable, SlideLeft, SlideUp, Tooltip.Property |
| Picture | AccessibleProperty, HideSnaked, Invert, Moveable, Pointer, Resizeable, SlideLeft, SlideUp |
| Rectangle | Background.Brushmode, Background.Gradient.Property, Background.Transparency, Brush.Hatch, Moveable, Pen.Style, Pen.Width, Pointer, Resizeable, SlideLeft, SlideUp, Tooltip.Property |
| Report | Border, Height.Autosize, Height, HideSnaked, Moveable, NewPage, Pointer, Resizeable, SlideLeft, SlideUp, Trail_Footer |
| Text | AccessibleProperty, Background.Brushmode, Background.Gradient.Property, Background.Transparency, Font.Escapement, Font.Width, HideSnaked, Moveable, Pointer, Resizeable, SlideLeft, SlideUp, Tooltip.Property, Transparency |