Type

Description

The type of the control (for Describe) or the type of presentation style (for SyntaxFromSql).

Syntax

PowerBuilder dot notation:

dw_control.Object.controlname.Type

Describe argument:

"controlname.Type"

Parameter

Description

controlname

The name of the control for which you want the type. Valid values are:

datawindow
bitmap (for Picture)
button
column
compute (for Computed Field)
graph
groupbox
line
ole
ellipse (for Oval)
rectangle
report
roundrectangle
tableblob
text

SyntaxFromSql:

Style ( Type = value )

Parameter

Description

value

A keyword specifying the presentation style for the DataWindow object. Keywords are:

(Default) Tabular
Grid
Form (for the Freeform style)
Crosstab
Graph
Group
Label
Nested
Ole
RichText

Examples

string setting
setting = dw1.Object.emp_name.Type
setting = dw1.Describe("emp_name.Type")
SQLCA.SyntaxFromSQL(sqlstring, &
'Style(... Type=grid ...)', errstring)