Description
Gets the short name for the current PowerBuilder execution context.
Applies to
ContextInformation objects
Syntax
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. |
Return value
Integer.
Returns 1 if the function succeeds and -1 if an error occurs.
Usage
Call this function to determine the current execution environment. The window plug-in and window ActiveX contexts are obsolete in the current version of PowerBuilder. For PowerBuilder 2017 and later applications, the only value passed for the shortname argument is "PBRun".
Examples
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 IFSee also
