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CHAPTER 24
DataWindow Expression and
InfoMaker Functions
About this chapter
This chapter provides syntax, descriptions, and examples of the functions
you can use in expressions in the DataWindow painter and in InfoMaker’s
Report painter and Form painter.
Contents
Using DataWindow expression and InfoMaker
functions
DataWindow expression functions and InfoMaker functions are the same
functions. In the DataWindow painter (in PowerBuilder and other
environments) and in InfoMaker’s Report and Form painters, you can use
DataWindow expression functions in expressions for computed fields,
filters, validation rules, and graphed data, with some exceptions.
The dialog boxes in which you define expressions include a list box that
lists the available functions and their arguments. The dialog boxes make
it easy to insert a function into the expression.
Return values for functions
and expressions
DataWindow expression and InfoMaker functions can return the
following datatypes:
Double
Decimal
String
DateTime
Time
Topic Page
Using DataWindow expression and InfoMaker functions 629
Four examples 630
Alphabetical list of DataWindow expression and InfoMaker functions 640