BBjEditBox::setMaxLength

Description

In BBj 11.0 and higher, this method sets the maximum length of the text in aBBjEditBox control.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

void

setMaxLength(int length)

Parameters

Variable

Description

length

Specifies the maximum length of the text in the control.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

If no maximum length is specified, it defaults to 2^31-1 (2147483647) characters.

Example

rem ' BBjEditBox controls with defined maximum lengths

sysgui = unt
open (sysgui)"X0"

sysgui! = bbjapi().getSysGui()
window! = sysgui!.addWindow(50,50,300,200,"Login",$00090003$)
window!.setCallback(window!.ON_CLOSE,"eoj")
window!.addStaticText(101,10,50,80,25,"User:",$8000$)
username! = window!.addEditBox(102,100,50,190,25,"",$0000$)
username!.setMaxLength(8)
window!.addStaticText(103,10,100,80,25,"Password:",$8000$)
password! = window!.addEditBox(104,100,100,190,25,"",$0400$)
password!.setMaxLength(16)
login! = window!.addButton(1,100,150,80,25,"Login",$$)
login!.setCallback(login!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"login")
cancel! = window!.addButton(2,190,150,80,25,"Cancel",$$)
cancel!.setCallback(cancel!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"eoj")

print "Maximum length of username is",username!.getMaxLength()
print "Maximum length of password is",password!.getMaxLength()

username!.focus()

process_events

login:
    if username!.getText().length() = 0 then return
    if password!.getText().length() = 0 then return
    login$ = "Username: "+username!.getText()
    login$ = login$ + ", password: "+password!.getText()
    i = msgbox(login$,0,"Logging in")

eoj:
release

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjSysGui

BBjControl

BBjWindow

See the BBj Object Diagram for an illustration of the relationship between BBj Objects.