.NET Client Differences

There are some differences you should be aware of when you use a Connection object with a .NET client.

This table lists some properties that have different behavior in .NET client applications. Properties and functions that are obsolete or for internal use only in standard PowerBuilder applications are also unsupported in .NET applications. All other properties, functions, and events are supported.

Property

Description

Driver

Only Jaguar and AppServer are supported values. Any other value results in a runtime error.

ErrorCode

These error codes are supported:
  • 0 — success
  • 50 — distributed service error
  • 57 — not connected
  • 92 — required property missing or invalid
  • 100 — unknown error

The same error codes are returned by the ConnectToServer function.

Options

These options support SSL connections from .NET clients. They are case sensitive and are not available for standard PowerBuilder (Win 32) clients:
  • ORBclientCertificateFile

  • ORBclientCertificatePassword

See SSL Connection Support.