Environment object

The Environment object is a system structure used to hold information about the computing platform the PowerBuilder application is running on. You populate the Environment object using the GetEnvironment function.

The Environment object has no events.

For more information about the GetEnvironment function, see the PowerScript Reference.

Properties

Environment property	Datatype	Description
CharSet	CharSet (enumerated)	The international character set used by PowerBuilder. Values include: CharSetAnsi! CharSetUnicode! CharSetDBCS! CharSetDBCSJapanese! The values CharSetAnsiArabic! and CharSetAnsiHebrew! are not valid choices in PowerBuilder 6 or later.
ClassDefinition	PowerObject	An object of type PowerObject containing information about the class definition of the object or control.
CPUType	CPUTypes (enumerated)	The type of CPU. For a complete list of CPUTypes values, see the Enumerated tab of the Browser.
Language	LanguageID (enumerated)	Specifies the value of the language setting for the machine. For a complete list of LanguageID values, see the Enumerated tab of the Browser.
MachineCode	Boolean	Specifies whether the application executable is machine code (compiled). Values are: TRUE – Executable is machine code. FALSE – Executable is not machine code (pseudo-code).
OSFixesRevision	Integer	The maintenance version of the operating system.
OSMajorRevision	Integer	The major version of the operating system. For example, this value would be 4 for Windows 95, 98, ME, and NT 4.x and 5 for Windows 2000, XP, or .NET.
OSMinorRevision	Integer	The point release of the operating system. For example, this value would be 0 for Windows NT 4.x and 2000, 1 for Windows XP, 2 for Windows .NET, and 5 for SunOS 5.5 (Solaris 5.5).
PBBuildNumber	Integer	The build number of this version of PowerBuilder.
PBFixesRevision	Integer	The maintenance version of PowerBuilder.
PBMajorRevision	Integer	The major version of PowerBuilder.
PBMinorRevision	Integer	The point release of PowerBuilder.
NumberOfColors	LongLong	Number of colors on the screen.
ScreenHeight	Long	Height of the screen in pixels.
ScreenWidth	Long	Width of the screen in pixels.
OSType	OSTypes (enumerated)	Operating system or environment. For a complete list of OSType values, see the Enumerated tab of the Browser.
PBType	PBTypes (enumerated)	Version of PowerBuilder product. For a complete list of PBType values, see the Enumerated tab of the Browser.
Win16 (obsolete)	Boolean	Indicates the type of the operating system in which the application executable is running. Values are: TRUE – Executable is running under a 16-bit operating system. FALSE – Executable is running under a 32-bit operating system.

Functions

Environment function	Datatype returned	Description
ClassName	String	Returns the name assigned to the object.
GetContextService	Integer	Creates a reference to a context-specific instance of the specified service.
GetParent	PowerObject	Returns a reference to the name of the parent object.
TypeOf	Object	Returns the type of the object.