Gets the name for the current execution context.
ContextInformation objects
servicereference.GetName ( name )
Argument |
Description |
---|---|
servicereference |
Reference to the ContextInformation service instance. |
name |
String into which the function places the name. This argument is passed by reference. |
Integer. Returns 1 if the function succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.
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 name argument is “PowerBuilder Runtime”.
This example calls the GetName function. ci is an instance variable of type ContextInformation:
String ls_name
this.GetContextService("ContextInformation", ci)
ci.GetName(ls_name)
IF ls_name <> "PowerBuilder Runtime" THEN
cb_close.visible = FALSE
END IF