About this book

Audience

This book is for C++ programmers who will use the PowerBuilder® Native Interface (PBNI) to build PowerBuilder extensions. The book assumes that you are familar with the C++ language and a C++ development tool.

Related documents

This book contains information about building PowerBuilder extensions. The PowerBuilder Extension Reference contains information about using extensions that are provided with PowerBuilder.

Other sources of information

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

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Retrieve and Update

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variable or file name

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File>Save

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dw_1.Update()

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