GetShortName

Description

Gets the short name for the current PowerBuilder execution context.

Applies to

ContextInformation objects

Syntax

servicereference.GetShortName ( shortname )

Argument	Description
servicereference	Reference to the ContextInformation service instance.
shortname	String into which the function places the short name. This argument is passed by reference.

Returns

Integer. Returns 1 if the function succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.

Usage

Call this function to determine the current execution environment.

The window plug-in and window ActiveX contexts are obsolete in the current version of PowerBuilder. For PowerBuilder 11.5 applications, the only value passed for the shortname argument is “PBRun”.

Examples

Example 1

This example calls the GetShortName function. ci is an instance variable of type ContextInformation:

String ls_name

this.GetContextService("ContextInformation", ci)

ci.GetShortName(ls_name)

IF ls_name <> "PBRun" THEN

   cb_close.visible = FALSE

END IF