PowerBuilder Native Interface Programmers Guide and Reference

PowerBuilder Native Interface

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PowerBuilder Native Interface Programmers Guide and Reference

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

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Conventions

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Retrieve and Update

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  • 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

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