Getting Libary list from another exe...

Linda Johnston

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Feb 21, 2001, 10:01:51 AM2/21/01

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I need to get the library list of an application, given just the
application pbl.
My program, call it List.exe, will prompt for a pbl, find the
application object (if any), and then display the library list. Is there
a way to do this?

Simon Caldwell

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Feb 21, 2001, 10:06:58 AM2/21/01

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You could try reading the pb.ini file and extracting the list for the
appropriate application. But bear in mind that reading this file isn't
supported by Sybase, and its contents may change slightly in future
versions, eg PB8.
S.

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Uwe Sauerbrey

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Feb 21, 2001, 10:31:23 AM2/21/01

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May be that I misunderstood, but isn't this a proper way to get e.g.
datawindow-syntax from user-defined reports from an external pbl? Someone told
me this would be the way to achieve that functionality and the functions
librarydirectory(), libraryexport() ... could easily be used for this. And
what I actually do is a library-export from one pbl to build a report.

As much as I understand, this could easily be done.

HTH
Uwe

Linda Johnston

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Feb 21, 2001, 10:46:30 AM2/21/01

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Uwe,
Your method requires that I know the library names within the app - but that is
the problem - I only know of one; the pbl in which the application object lives.
I need to get the list of all libraries defined in the application properties.
Simon's method is the one I went with, but I just wondered if there was a simpler
way (there is a SetLibraryList function, but not GetLibraryList, which is exactly
what I need)
Thanks,
Linda

Linda Johnston

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Feb 21, 2001, 10:47:33 AM2/21/01

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Thanks Simon,
I had looked into that, I just wish there was a simpler way like a
GetLibraryList() function!

Thanks again,
Linda

Bill Green[TeamSybase]

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Feb 21, 2001, 11:25:42 AM2/21/01

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There is a GetLibraryList function, but like it's counterpart SetLibraryList, only
apply to the application they are being called in. So the only way to do it is by
looking in the INI file as Simon said.

Regards,
Bill

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Feb 21, 2001, 12:47:32 PM2/21/01

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I don't believe the PBL files "know" what their library list is. When you
alter the library list PB puts that info out to PB.INI.

Once compiled into PBD/EXE/DLLs they seem to know what files to look for,
but short of disassembling the app.exe I don't know of any sybase-supported
way of doing this.

Now, if you could get access to the project object in the PBL you might
have something.

Jeff <uselessbuttrying.sru>