GetSharedVarID

PowerBuilder Native Interface

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IPB_Session interface:

GetSharedVarID method

Description

Returns the internal ID of a shared variable.

Syntax

GettSharedVarID(pbgroup group, LPCTSTR fieldname)

Argument	Description
group	The group to which the shared variable belongs
fieldname	The name of the field that contains the shared variable, in lowercase

Return Values

pbfieldID. Returns 0xffff if the ID cannot be found.

Examples

This code uses GetSharedVarID to obtain the field ID of a shared variable, then uses that ID to obtain the value of the variable:

curGroup = session -> GetCurrGroup();
fid = session -> GetSharedVarID(curGroup,"i_svar");
if (fid == 0xffff) 
{
   MessageBox(NULL, "Illegal fid!", "default", MB_OK);
   return;
}
i_val = session -> GetIntSharedVar(curGroup, fid,
   isNull);