GetGlobalVarID

PowerBuilder Native Interface

IPB_Session interface:

GetGlobalVarID method

Description

Returns the internal ID of a global variable.

Syntax

GetGlobalVarID(LPCTSTR name)

Argument

Description

name

The name of the global variable in lowercase

Return Values

pbfieldID or null on failure.

Examples

This example gets the internal identifier of a long variable and uses it to get and set a global variable:

fid = session -> GetGlobalVarID("l_gvar");
l_val = session -> GetLongGlobalVar(fid, isNull);
session -> SetLongGlobalVar(fid, l_val + 1);

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