PowerBuilder .NET Datatype Mapping
The PowerBuilder to .NET compiler converts PowerBuilder datatypes to .NET datatypes.
| PowerBuilder | C# |
|---|---|
| boolean | bool |
| boolean[] | bool[] |
| blob | byte[] |
| blob[] | byte[][] |
| byte | byte |
| byte[] | byte[] |
| int | short |
| int[] | short[] |
| uint | ushort |
| uint[] | ushort[] |
| long | int |
| long[] | int[] |
| ulong | uint |
| ulong[] | uint[] |
| longlong | long |
| longlong[] | long[] |
| decimal | decimal |
| decimal[] | decimal[] |
| real | float |
| real[] | float[] |
| double | double |
| double[] | double[] |
| string | string |
| string[] | string[] |
| User-defined structure | class |
| User-defined structure[] | class [] * |
| User-defined NVO object | class |
| User-defined NVO object[] | class [] * |
| enumerated | enum |
| enumerated[] | enum[] |
| Time | DateTime |
| Time[] | DateTime[] |
| Date | DateTime |
| Date[] | DateTime[] |
| Datetime | DateTime |
| Datetime[] | DateTime[] |
| any | Not supported |
| Multidimension array | Not supported |
| PB system structure | Not supported |
| PB system object type | Not supported |
| PB system nvo type | Not supported |
| User-defined non-NVO object | Not supported |
| ResultSet and its descendants | Not supported |
| Returning any | Array type |
| Dot Net serializable type (with Serializable or DataContract attributes) | Dot.Net serializable type |
| Dot Net primitive type | Dot Net primitive type |
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