Gets the short name for the current PowerBuilder execution context.
ContextInformation objects
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.  | 
Integer. Returns 1 if the function succeeds and -1 if an error occurs. The function returns values as follows:
Call this function to determine the current execution environment.
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