Objects and Controls
System Object Properties, Events, and Functions

DataObject

String

Specifies the name of the DataWindow or Report object associated with the control.

ClassDefinition

PowerObject

An object of type PowerObject containing information about the class definition of the object or control.

Object

DWObject

Used for the direct manipulation of objects within a DataWindow object from a script. These objects can be, for example, columns or text objects.

Constructor

Immediately before the Open event occurs in the window.

DBError

When a database error occurs in the DataStore.

Return codes:

0 - (Default) Display the error message.

1 - Do not display the error message.

Destructor

Immediately after the Close event occurs in the window.

Error

When an error is found in a data or property expression for a DataWindow object.

ItemChanged

When the AcceptText and Update functions are called for the DataStore.

Return codes:

0 - (Default) Accept the data value.

1 - Reject the data value and do not allow focus to change.

2 - Reject the data value but allow focus to change.

ItemError

When a value imported into a DataStore from a string or file does not pass the validation rules for its column. Can also occur when the AcceptText and Update functions are called for the DataStore.

Return codes:

0 - (Default) Reject the data value and show an error message box.

1 - Reject the data value with no message box.

2 - Accept the data value.

3 - Reject the data value but allow focus to change.

If the return code is 0 or 1 (rejects the data), the field with the incorrect data regains the focus.

Printend

When the printing of the DataStore ends.

PrintPage

Before each page of the DataStore is formatted for printing.

Return codes:

0 - Do not skip a page.

1 - Skip a page.

PrintStart

When the printing of the DataStore starts.

RetrieveEnd

When the retrieval for the DataStore is complete.

RetrieveRow

After a row has been retrieved.

Return codes:

0 - (Default) Continue.

1 - Stop the retrieval.

RetrieveStart

When the retrieval for the DataStore is about to begin.

Return codes:

0 - (Default) Continue.

1 - Do not perform the retrieval.

2 - Do not reset the rows and buffers before retrieving the data from the database.

SQLPreview

After a Retrieve, Update, or ReselectRow function call and immediately before the SQL statement is submitted to the DBMS.

The following return codes specify the action that takes place when the event occurs after an Update function call only:

0 - (Default) Continue.

1 - Stop.

2 - Skip this request and execute the next request.

UpdateEnd

When all the updates from the DataStore to the database are complete.

UpdateStart

After an Update function call and just before changes in the DataStore are sent to the database.

Return codes:

0 - (Default) Continue.

1 - Do not perform the update.

AcceptText

Integer

Applies the contents of the DataStore's edit control to the current item in the DataStore buffer.

CategoryCount

Integer

Returns the number of categories in the specified graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

CategoryName

String

Returns the name of the specified category in the specified graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

ClassName

String

Returns the name assigned to the DataStore.

ClearValues

Integer

Deletes all items from the value list associated with the specified column in the DataStore.

Clipboard

Integer

Copies the specified graph in the DataStore to the clipboard.

CopyRTF

String

Returns the selected text, pictures, and input fields in a DataStore as a string with rich text formatting. Bitmaps and input fields are included in the string.

Create

Integer

Creates a DataWindow object using the specified source code and replaces the DataWindow object in the specified DataStore with the new DataWindow object.

CreateFrom

Integer

Creates a DataStore object from the passed ResultSet object.

DataCount

Long

Returns the number of data points in the specified series in the specified graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

DBCancel

Integer

Cancels a database retrieval in progress.

DeletedCount

Long

Returns the number of rows that have been deleted from the DataStore but have not yet been updated in the associated database table.

DeleteRow

Integer

Deletes the specified row from the DataStore.

Describe

String

Returns requested information about the structure of the DataStore.

Expand

Integer

Expands a group in a TreeView DataWindow that has the specified TreeView level and includes the specified row.

ExpandAll

Integer

Expands all groups in a TreeView DataWindow.

ExpandAllChildren

Integer

Expands a group in a TreeView DataWindow that has the specified TreeView level and includes the specified row; also expands all the group's children.

ExpandLevel

Integer

Expands all the groups in a TreeView DataWindow that have the specified TreeView level.

ExportJson

String

Exports data from the DataWindow control, DataStore object, or DataWindowChild object to the JSON string.

ExportRowAsJson

String

Exports a data row from the DataWindow control, DataStore object, or DataWindowChild object to the JSON string.

Filter

Integer

Moves rows that do not meet the current filter criteria to the filter buffer.

FilteredCount

Integer

Returns the number of rows that do not meet the current filter criteria.

Find

Long

Returns the number of the first row that meets the search criteria within a specified search range in the detail area of a DataStore.

FindCategory

Integer

Returns the number of the specified category in the specified graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

FindGroupChange

Long

Searches starting at a specified row for the first break for the specified group in the DataStore.

FindRequired

Integer

Identifies the required columns that the user has not filled.

FindSeries

Integer

Returns the number of the specified series in the specified graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

GenerateHTMLForm

Integer

Creates an HTML Form element containing columns for one or more rows. Also returns an HTML Style element containing style sheet information.

GenerateResultSet

Long

Returns an EAServer result set from a PowerBuilder user object running as a component on EAServer.

Obsolete function

GenerateResultSet is an obsolete function, because EAServer is no longer supported since PowerBuilder 2017.

GetBorderStyle

Border (enumerated)

Returns a Border enumerated datatype indicating the border style of the specified column in the DataStore. Border enumerated datatypes are:

Box!

Lowered!

NoBorder!

Raised!

ResizeBorder!

ShadowBox!

Underline!

GetChanges

Long

Retrieves changes made to a DataStore into a blob. This function is used primarily in distributed applications.

GetChild

Integer

Stores in the specified variable the name of the child DataWindow in the specified column.

GetClickedColumn

Integer

Obtains the number of the column the user clicked or double-clicked in a DataStore.

GetClickedRow

Long

Obtains the number of the row the user clicked or double-clicked in a DataStore.

GetColumn

Integer

Returns the number of the current column in the DataStore.

GetColumnName

String

Returns the name of the current column in the DataStore.

GetContextService

Integer

Creates a reference to a context-specific instance of the specified service.

GetData

Double

Returns the value of the specified data in the specified series in the specified graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

GetDataPieExplode

Integer

Reports the percentage that a pie slice is exploded in a pie graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

GetDataStyle

Integer

Finds out the appearance of a data point in a graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

GetDataValue

Integer

Returns the value of the specified data in the specified series in the specified graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

GetFormat

String

Returns the format used for display in the specified column of the DataStore.

GetFullState

Long

Retrieves the complete state of a DataStore into a blob. This function is used primarily in distributed applications.

GetItemDate

Date

Returns the date data in the specified row and column of the DataStore.

GetItemDateTime

DateTime

Returns the datetime data in the specified row and column of the DataStore.

GetItemDecimal

Decimal

Returns the decimal data in the specified row and column of the DataStore.

GetItemNumber

Double

Returns the numeric data in the specified row and column of the DataStore.

GetItemStatus

dwItemStatus (enumerated)

Returns the status of the item at the specified row and column location in the specified buffer. Values are:

DataModified!

New!

NewModified!

NotModified!

GetItemString

String

Returns the string data in the specified row and column of the DataStore.

GetItemTime

Time

Returns the time data in the specified row and column of the DataStore.

GetNextModified

Long

Returns the number of the first row that was modified in the specified buffer in the specified DataStore after the specified row.

GetParent

PowerObject

Returns a reference to the name of the parent object.

GetRow

Long

Returns an integer containing the number of the current row in the DataStore.

GetRowFromRowId

Long

Gets the row number of a row in a DataStore from the unique row identifier associated with that row.

GetRowIdFromRow

Long

Gets the unique row identifier of a row in a DataStore from the row number associated with that row.

GetSelectedRow

Integer

Returns the number of the first selected row after the specified row number in the DataStore.

GetSeriesStyle

Integer

Finds out the appearance of a series in a graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

GetSQLSelect

String

Returns the current SELECT statement for the DataStore.

GetStateStatus

Long

Retrieves the current status of the internal state flags for a DataWindow and places this information in a blob. This function is used primarily in distributed applications.

GetText

String

Returns the text in the edit control over the current row and column of the DataStore.

GetTrans

Integer

Returns the values in the DataStore Transaction object.

GetValidate

String

Returns the validation rule used in the specified column of the DataStore.

GetValue

String

Returns the specified item in the value list for the specified column.

GroupCalc

Integer

Recalculates the breaks in the groups in the DataStore.

ImportClipboard

Long

Copies data from the clipboard to the DataStore.

ImportFile

Long

Copies data from a file to the DataStore.

ImportJson

Long

Inserts data from a JSON string into the DataStore.

ImportJsonByKey

Long

Inserts data from a JSON string into the DataStore according to the JSON key name.

ImportRowFromJson

Long

Inserts a data row from a JSON string into a DataWindow control, DataStore object, or DataWindowChild object.

ImportString

Long

Copies data from a string to the DataStore.

InsertDocument

Integer

Inserts a rich text format or plain text file into a DataStore. You use a function parameter to specify how the new content is added:

This function applies only to DataStores whose content has the RichText presentation style.

InsertRow

Long

Inserts a new initialized row before the specified row in the DataStore.

IsSelected

Boolean

Returns true if the specified row in the DataStore is selected; returns false if the row is not selected or is greater than the number of rows in the DataStore.

ModifiedCount

Long

Returns the number of rows that have been modified in the DataStore but have not yet been updated in the associated database table.

Modify

String

Uses the specification contained in a string to modify the DataStore.

PasteRTF

Long

Pastes rich text data from a string into a DataStore whose content has the RichText presentation style.

PostEvent

Boolean

Adds an event to the end of the message queue for the DataStore.

Print

Integer

Sends the content of the DataStore to the current printer. This function has several syntaxes.

PrintCancel

Integer

Cancels the print job and deletes the spool file (if any) when the content of the DataStore is sent to print.

This function has two syntaxes. Use Syntax 1 when Syntax 1 of the Print function was used to send it to print.

ReselectRow

Integer

Accesses the database to reselect all columns that can be updated and refreshes all timestamp columns in a row in the DataStore.

Reset

Integer

Clears all the data from a DataStore.

ResetDataColors

Integer

Resets the color of a data point to the color specified for the series. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

ResetTransObject

Integer

Stops the DataStore from using a programmer-defined Transaction object (thereafter, the DataStore uses its internal Transaction object).

ResetUpdate

Integer

Resets the update flags for the DataStore.

Retrieve

Long

Causes the DataStore to retrieve rows from the database.

RowCount

Long

Returns the number of rows currently available in the DataStore (all the rows retrieved minus any deleted rows plus any inserted rows minus any rows that have been filtered out).

RowsCopy

Integer

Copies a range of rows from one DataStore to another DataStore (or DataWindow control) or from one buffer to another within a single DataStore.

RowsDiscard

Integer

Discards a range of rows. The rows cannot be restored unless retrieved from the database.

RowsMove

Integer

Clears a range of rows from a DataStore and inserts the rows in another DataStore (or DataWindow control) or another buffer of the same DataStore.

SaveAs

Integer

Saves the content of the DataStore to the specified file, in the specified format, with or without column headings at the beginning

SaveAsAscii

Long

Saves the content of a DataStore into a standard ASCII text file.

SaveNativePDFToBlob

Integer

Saves the PDF file into a blob variable when you use the PDFlib method to save data from a DataWindow object to a PDF file.

SelectRow

Integer

Selects or deselects the specified row of the DataStore.

SeriesCount

Integer

Returns the number of series in the specified graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

SeriesName

String

Returns the name of the specified series in the specified graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

SetBorderStyle

Integer

Sets the border style of the specified column in the DataStore.

SetChanges

Long

Applies changes captured with GetChanges to a DataStore. This function is used primarily in distributed applications.

SetColumn

Integer

Makes the specified column the current column in the DataStore.

SetDataPieExplode

Integer

Explodes a pie slice in a pie graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

SetDataStyle

Integer

For the specified data point in the specified series in the specified graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

SetDetailHeight

Integer

Sets the height of each row in a specified range.

SetFilter

Integer

Defines the filter criteria for the DataStore. The actual filtering is performed by the Filter function.

SetFormat

Integer

Sets the display format for the specified column of the DataStore.

SetFullState

Long

Applies the contents of a DataWindow blob retrieved by GetFullState to a DataStore. This function is used primarily in distributed applications.

SetHTMLAction

Integer

Accepts action and context information about user interaction with the Web DataWindow client control in a Web browser so that newly generated HTML can reflect any requested changes.

Obsolete function

SetHTMLAction is an obsolete function, because Web DataWindow technology is obsolete.

SetItem

Integer

Sets the value of the specified row and column of the specified DataStore.

SetItemStatus

Integer

Sets the status of a row in a specified column of the DataStore in the specified buffer.

SetPosition

Integer

Moves an object within the DataStore to another band or changes the front-to-back order of objects within a band.

SetRow

Integer

Makes the specified row the current row in the DataStore.

SetSeriesStyle

Integer

For the specified series in the specified graph. (Returns an error value or an empty string for DataStores.)

SetSort

Integer

Defines the sort criteria for the DataStore. The actual sorting is performed by the Sort function.

SetSQLPreview

Integer

Sets the current SQL statement for the DataStore.

SetSQLSelect

Integer

Changes the current SELECT statement for the DataStore.

SetText

Integer

Replaces the text in the edit control at the current row and column of the DataStore with the specified text.

SetTrans

Integer

Sets values in the DataStore's internal Transaction object.

SetTransObject

Integer

Sets the Transaction object for the DataStore and provides control over the transaction, including the ability to commit from a script.

SetValidate

Integer

Changes the validation rule used for the specified column of the DataStore.

SetValue

Integer

Sets the value of the specified item in the value list or the code table of the specified column of the DataStore.

SetWSObject (Obsolete)

Integer

Causes a DataStore (or DataWindow control) to use a programmer-specified connection object. The connection object provides the information necessary for communicating with a Web service data source.

ShareData

Integer

Shares data between a primary DataStore (or DataWindow control) and a secondary DataStore (or DataWindow control).

ShareDataOff

Integer

Turns off sharing for the DataStore. If the DataStore is primary, all secondary DataStores (or DataWindow controls) are disconnected and their DataWindow objects no longer contain data.

Sort

Integer

Sorts the rows of the DataStore based on its current sort criteria.

TriggerEvent

Integer

Triggers a specified event in the DataStore and executes the script for the event.

TypeOf

Object

Returns the type of the DataStore.

Update

Integer

Sends to the database all inserts, deletes, and updates of the DataStore.