BDE Function Reference > Environment functions

Each Borland Database Engine (BDE) function listed below returns information about the client application environment such as the supported table, field and index types for the driver type, or the available driver types. Also listed are functions that perform a task that affects the client application environment, such as loading a driver.

Function	Description
DbiAddAlias	Adds an alias to the BDE configuration file (IDAPI.CFG).
DbiAddDriver	Adds a driver to the BDE configuration file (IDAPI.CFG).
DbiAnsiToNative	Multipurpose translate function.
DbiDeleteAlias	Deletes an alias from the BDE configuration file (IDAPI.CFG).
DbiDeleteDriver	Deletes a driver from the BDE configuration file (IDAPI.CFG).
DbiDllExit	Prepares the BDE to be disconnected within a Dll.
DbiExit	Disconnects the client application from BDE.
DbiGetClientInfo	Retrieves system-level information about the client application environment.
DbiGetDriverDesc	Retrieves a description of a driver.
DbiGetLdName	Retrieves the name of the language driver associated with the specified object name (table name).
DbiGetLdNameFromDb	Retrieves the name of the language driver associated with the specified object name (database).
DbiGetLdObj	Retrieves the language driver object associated with the given cursor.
DbiGetNetUserName	Retrieves the user's network login name. User names should be available for all networks supported by Microsoft Windows.
DbiGetProp	Returns a property of an object.
DbiGetSysConfig	Retrieves BDE system configuration information.
DbiGetSysInfo	Retrieves system status and information.
DbiGetSysVersion	Retrieves the system version information, including the BDE version number, date, and time, and the client interface version number.
DbiInit	Initializes the BDE environment.
DbiLoadDriver	Loads a given driver.
DbiNativeToAnsi	Translates a string in the native language driver to an ANSI string.
DbiOpenCfgInfoList	Returns a handle to an in-memory table listing all the nodes in the configuration file accessible by the specified path.
DbiOpenDriverList	Creates an in-memory table containing a list of driver names available to the client application.
DbiOpenFieldTypesList	Creates an in-memory table containing a list of field types supported by the table type for the driver type.
DbiOpenFunctionArgList	Returns a list of arguments to a data source function.
DbiOpenFunctionList	Returns a description of a data source function.
DbiOpenIndexTypesList	Creates an in-memory table containing a list of all supported index types for the driver type.
DbiOpenLdList	Creates an in-memory table containing a list of available language drivers.
DbiOpenTableList	Creates an in-memory table with information about all the tables accessible to the client application.
DbiOpenTableTypesList	Creates an in-memory table listing table type names for the given driver.
DbiOpenUserList	Creates an in-memory table containing a list of users sharing the same network file.
DbiSetProp	Sets the specified property of an object to a given value.