About this book

Audience

This book is for programmers who will use PowerBuilder® to build client/server or multitier applications.

How to use this book

This book describes syntax and usage information for the PowerScript® language including variables, expressions, statements, events, and functions.

Other sources of information

Use the Sybase® Getting Started CD and the Sybase Product Documentation Web site to learn more about your product:

The Getting Started CD contains release bulletins and installation guides in PDF format. It is included with your software. To read or print documents on the Getting Started CD, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download at no charge from the Adobe Web site using a link provided on the CD.

The Sybase Product Documentation Web site is accessible using a standard Web browser. In addition to product documentation, you will find links to EBFs/Maintenance, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.

To access the Sybase Product Documentation Web site, go to Product Documentation.

Conventions

The formatting conventions used in this manual are:

Formatting example	Indicates
Retrieve and Update	When used in descriptive text, this font indicates: Command, function, and method names Keywords such as true, false, and null Datatypes such as integer and char Database column names such as emp_id and f_name User-defined objects such as dw_emp or w_main
variable or file name	When used in descriptive text and syntax descriptions, oblique font indicates: Variables, such as myCounter Parts of input text that must be substituted, such as pblname.`pbd` File and path names
File>Save	Menu names and menu items are displayed in plain text. The greater than symbol (>) shows you how to navigate menu selections. For example, File>Save indicates “select Save from the File menu.”
`dw_1.Update()`	Monospace font indicates: Information that you enter in a dialog box or on a command line Sample script fragments Sample output fragments

If you need help

Each Sybase installation that has purchased a support contract has one or more designated people who are authorized to contact Sybase Technical Support. If you cannot resolve a problem using the documentation or online help, please have the designated person contact Sybase Technical Support or the Sybase subsidiary in your area.