About this book

Audience

This book is for programmers who use PowerBuilder® to build client/server or multitier applications. It describes the system-defined objects in PowerBuilder and their default properties, functions, and events.

Related documents

For detailed information about the properties, functions, and events described in this book, see the PowerScript Reference and the DataWindow Reference. For a complete list of PowerBuilder documentation, see PowerBuilder Getting Started.

Other sources of information

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

Sybase EBFs and software updates

You need to have the latest information on bug fixes and updates.

StepsFinding the latest information on EBFs and software updates

  1. Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.

  2. Select EBFs/Updates. Enter user name and password information, if prompted (for existing Web accounts) or create a new account (a free service).

  3. Select a product.

  4. Specify a time frame and click Go.

  5. Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Update report, or click the product description to download the software.

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.