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PowerBuilder Native Interface Programmers Guide and Reference

PowerBuilder Native Interface

Table of contents

• PowerBuilder Native Interface Programmers Guide and Reference
  • Programmers Guide
    • Introduction to PBNI
      • About PBNI
        • Understanding PowerBuilder extensions
        • Embedding the PBVM in a C++ application
      • The elements of PBNI
      • The PBNI SDK
      • Comparing PBNI and JNI
    • Building PowerBuilder Extensions
      • Nonvisual extension example
        • Building the pbadd PowerBuilder extension
        • Using the extension in PowerBuilder
      • Creating a PowerBuilder extension
        • Step 1: Decide on a feature to implement
        • Step 2: Define the classes and functions in the extension
        • Step 3: Declare native classes and global functions
        • Step 4: Implement native classes and global functions
        • Step 5: Export methods to create class instances
        • Step 6: Build a PBX
      • Adding an extension to a PowerBuilder target
      • Using the extension
      • Creating and using a visual extension
        • Step 1: Decide on a feature to implement
        • Step 2: Define the classes and functions in the extension
        • Step 3: Declare visual classes and global functions
        • Step 4: Implement native classes
        • Step 5: Export methods to create class instances
        • Step 6: Build and use a PBX
        • Step 7: Use the visual extension in an application
      • Creating visual class instances
      • Event processing in visual extensions
        • Using an event name with return type and arguments
        • Using an event name with a PowerBuilder event ID
        • Processing events sent to the parent of the window
      • Calling PowerScript from an extension
        • Example: Calling PowerBuilder functions
      • Exception handling and debugging
    • Creating Marshaler Extensions
      • About marshaler extensions
      • Developing the PowerBuilder extension
        • Step 1: Describe the extension
        • Step 2: Implement the creator class
        • Step 3: Implement the marshaler class
      • Generating proxies for Java classes
      • Calling the Java class from PowerBuilder
    • Exchanging Data with PowerBuilder
      • About exchanging data with PowerBuilder
      • Passing values between extensions and the PBVM
        • PBCallInfo structure
        • IPB_Arguments interface
        • IPB_Value interface
      • Using the IPB_Session interface
      • Saving data from IPB_Value to a local variable
      • Using variables throughout a session
      • Handling enumerated types
    • Calling PowerBuilder from C++
      • About calling PowerScript from C++ applications
      • Calling PowerBuilder objects from C++
        • Creating a PowerBuilder object to be called from C++
        • Getting the signature of a function
        • Creating the C++ application
          • Load the PowerBuilder VM
          • Call PB_GetVM to get a pointer to the IPB_VM interface
          • Create an IPB_Session object within IPB_VM
          • Create an instance of the PowerBuilder object
          • Initialize the PBCallInfo structure
          • Call the PowerBuilder function
          • Write cleanup code
        • Running the C++ application
      • Accessing result sets
      • Processing PowerBuilder messages in C++
        • Examples
      • More PBNI possibilities
  • Reference
    • PBNI Types and Return Values
      • PowerBuilder to PBNI datatype mappings
      • Types for access to PowerBuilder data
      • PBNI enumerated types
      • Error return values
    • PBNI Interfaces, Structures, and Methods
      • Header file contents
      • Class and interface summary
      • IPB_Arguments interface
        • GetAt
        • GetCount
      • IPB_ResultSetAccessor interface
        • AddRef
        • GetColumnCount
        • GetColumnMetaData
        • GetItemData
        • GetRowCount
        • Release
      • IPB_RSItemData interface
        • SetData
        • SetNull
      • IPB_Session interface
        • AcquireArrayItemValue
        • AcquireValue
        • Add<type>Argument
        • AddGlobalRef
        • AddLocalRef
        • ClearException
        • CreateResultSet
        • FindClass
        • FindClassByClassID
        • FindGroup
        • FindMatchingFunction
        • FreeCallInfo
        • Get<type>ArrayItem
        • Get<type>Field
        • Get<type>GlobalVar
        • Get<type>SharedVar
        • GetArrayInfo
        • GetArrayItemType
        • GetArrayLength
        • GetBlob
        • GetBlobLength
        • GetClass
        • GetClassName
        • GetCurrGroup
        • GetDateString
        • GetDateTimeString
        • GetDecimalString
        • GetEnumItemName
        • GetEnumItemValue
        • GetException
        • GetFieldID
        • GetFieldName
        • GetFieldType
        • GetGlobalVarID
        • GetGlobalVarType
        • GetMarshaler
        • GetMethodID
        • GetMethodIDByEventID
        • GetNativeInterface
        • GetNumOfFields
        • GetPBAnyArrayItem
        • GetPBAnyField
        • GetPBAnyGlobalVar
        • GetPBAnySharedVar
        • GetProp
        • GetResultSetAccessor
        • GetSharedVarID
        • GetSharedVarType
        • GetString
        • GetStringLength
        • GetSuperClass
        • GetSystemClass
        • GetSystemGroup
        • GetTimeString
        • HasExceptionThrown
        • HasPBVisualObject
        • InitCallInfo
        • InvokeClassFunction
        • InvokeObjectFunction
        • IsArrayItemNull
        • IsAutoInstantiate
        • IsFieldArray
        • IsFieldNull
        • IsFieldObject
        • IsGlobalVarArray
        • IsGlobalVarNull
        • IsGlobalVarObject
        • IsNativeObject
        • IsSharedVarArray
        • IsSharedVarNull
        • IsSharedVarObject
        • NewBlob
        • NewBoundedObjectArray
        • NewBoundedSimpleArray
        • NewDate
        • NewDateTime
        • NewDecimal
        • NewObject
        • NewProxyObject
        • NewString
        • NewTime
        • NewUnboundedObjectArray
        • NewUnboundedSimpleArray
        • PopLocalFrame
        • ProcessPBMessage
        • PushLocalFrame
        • Release
        • ReleaseArrayInfo
        • ReleaseDateString
        • ReleaseDateTimeString
        • ReleaseDecimalString
        • ReleaseResultSetAccessor
        • ReleaseString
        • ReleaseTimeString
        • ReleaseValue
        • RemoveGlobalRef
        • RemoveLocalRef
        • RemoveProp
        • RestartRequested
        • Set<type>ArrayItem
        • Set<type>Field
        • Set<type>GlobalVar
        • Set<type>SharedVar
        • SetArrayItemToNull
        • SetArrayItemValue
        • SetBlob
        • SetDate
        • SetDateTime
        • SetDecimal
        • SetFieldToNull
        • SetGlobalVarToNull
        • SetMarshaler
        • SetProp
        • SetSharedVarToNull
        • SetString
        • SetTime
        • SetValue
        • SplitDate
        • SplitDateTime
        • SplitTime
        • ThrowException
        • TriggerEvent
        • UpdateField
      • IPB_Value interface
        • Get<type>
        • GetClass
        • GetType
        • IsArray
        • IsByRef
        • IsEnum
        • IsNull
        • IsObject
        • Set<type>
        • SetToNull
      • IPB_VM interface
        • CreateSession
        • RunApplication
      • IPBX_Marshaler interface
        • Destroy
        • GetModuleHandle
        • InvokeRemoteMethod
      • IPBX_NonVisualObject interface
      • IPBX_UserObject interface
        • Destroy
        • Invoke
      • IPBX_VisualObject interface
        • CreateControl
        • GetEventID
        • GetWindowClassName
      • PBArrayInfo structure
      • PBCallInfo structure
      • PB_DateData structure
      • PB_DateTimeData structure
      • PB_TimeData structure
      • PBX_DrawItemStruct structure
      • PBArrayAccessor template class
        • GetAt
        • IsNull
        • SetAt
        • SetToNull
      • PBBoundedArrayCreator template class
        • GetArray
        • SetAt
      • PBBoundedObjectArrayCreator class
        • GetArray
        • SetAt
      • PBObjectArrayAccessor class
        • GetAt
        • SetAt
      • PBUnboundedArrayCreator template class
        • GetArray
        • SetAt
      • PBUnboundedObjectArrayCreator class
        • GetArray
        • SetAt
      • Exported methods
        • PBX_CreateNonVisualObject
        • PBX_CreateVisualObject
        • PBX_DrawVisualObject
        • PBX_GetDescription
        • PBX_InvokeGlobalFunction
        • PBX_Notify
      • Method exported by PowerBuilder VM
        • PB_GetVM
    • PBNI Tool Reference
      • pbsig150
      • pbx2pbd150
  • Appendix
    • Using the Visual Studio Wizards
      • Where the wizards are installed
      • Generating a PBNI project
      • Setting project options
      • Building and using the PBX

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