About this book

Subject

This book provides reference information for the DataWindow® object. It lists the DataWindow functions and properties and includes the syntax for accessing properties and data.

Audience

This book is for anyone defining DataWindow objects and writing scripts that deal with DataWindow objects. It assumes that:

Related documents

For a complete list of PowerBuilder documentation, see the preface of PowerBuilder Getting Started.

Two volumes

The printed version of this book is divided into two volumes:

Other sources of information

Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the SyBooks CD, and the Sybase Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product:

Conventions

The formatting conventions used in this manual are:

Formatting example

Indicates

Retrieve and Update

When used in descriptive text, this font indicates:

  • Command, function, and method names

  • Keywords such as true and false

variable or file name

When used in descriptive text and syntax descriptions, oblique font indicates:

  • Variables, such as myCounter

  • Parts of input text that must be substituted, such as pblname.pbd

  • File and path names

File>Save

Menu names and menu items are displayed in plain text. The greater than symbol (>) shows you how to navigate menu selections. For example, File>Save indicates “select Save from the File menu.”

dw_1.Update()

Monospace font indicates:

  • Information that you enter in a dialog box or on a command line

  • Sample script fragments

  • Sample output fragments

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