GetDecimalString

PowerBuilder Native Interface

IPB_Session interface:

GetDecimalString method

Description

Converts decimal data in a pbdec object to a string.

Syntax

GetDecimalString(pbdec dec)

Argument

Description

dec

The pbdec data object to be converted to a string.

Return Values

LPCTSTR.

Examples

This code checks whether a value in the PBCallInfo structure is null. If it is not, it sets the value in the pArguments array to the value in PBCallInfo:

case pbvalue_dec:
if (ci->pArgs->GetAt(i)->IsNull())
{
   pArguments[i].dec_val = Session->NewDecimal();
   Session->SetDecimal(pArguments[i].dec_val, "1.0");
}   
else
   pArguments[i].dec_val =
      ci->pArgs->GetAt(i)->GetDecimalString();
break;

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