SetDWObject (obsolete)

Description

Specifies the DataWindow library and object that the Web DataWindow server component will use for generating HTML.

Obsolete method

SetDWObject is obsolete and should not be used, because the Web DataWindow technology is obsolete.

Applies to

DataWindow type

Method applies to

Web

Server component


Syntax

Web DataWindow server component

int dwcomponent.SetDWObject ( string sourcefile, string dwobjectname )
int dwcomponent.SetDWObjectEx ( string dwobjectname )

Argument

Description

dwcomponent

A reference to a Web DataWindow server component.

sourcefile

The name of a PowerBuilder library (PBL) or dynamic library (PBD) containing DataWindow object definitions

or

A source definition file (SRD)

or

A Powersoft report (PSR) containing a DataWindow object definition and data.

The file must be located in the file system of the machine hosting the server component.

dwobjectname

When sourcefile is a PBL or PBD, the name of a DataWindow object in the library.

When sourcefile is a PSR or SRD, dwobjectname should be an empty string ("").


Return value

Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.

Examples

This example identifies the library and DataWindow object for the server component called dwGen:

int retVal = dwGen.SetDWObject("htgenex.pbl", "d_tabular_dept")

See also

Generate

SetAction