The PowerBuilder window ActiveX lets you provide a graphical interface inside HTML pages when using a Web browser that supports ActiveX. It provides all the capabilities of the window and DataWindow plug-ins, plus the ability to use JavaScript or VBScript to access a subset of a PowerBuilder child window’s events and functions. It includes methods you can call to invoke functions and events in the child window contained in the window ActiveX control.
An application in the PowerBuilder window ActiveX can execute most PowerBuilder functionality as long as the application begins with a child window. The application can run any PowerBuilder windows, display information, accept data input, and update databases. Database access is initiated on the client workstation using the client’s connections.
Like the window plug-in, the major disadvantage of the window ActiveX is that it requires a fat client—the browser client requires the PowerBuilder runtime DLLs and the PowerBuilder window ActiveX.
For more information, see Chapter 34, “Using the PowerBuilder Window ActiveX.”
