BBjControl::getAttribute

Description

In BBj 15.0 and higher, this method returns a control attribute for the BBjControl previously set with BBjControl::setAttribute.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
string	getAttribute(string attribute)

Parameters

Variable	Description
attribute	Specifies an attribute to be retrieved from the control.

Return Value

Returns the text that value of this attribute.

Remarks

This functionality is primarily intended for setting low-level BUI element attributes or DWC component properties. When running in GUI, the attributes don't affect the control itself, but may be used by the developer.

Example

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BBjControl::getAttribute Example

sysgui = unt
open (sysgui)"X0"
sysgui! = bbjapi().getSysGui()
window! = sysgui!.addWindow(50,50,300,550,"Window",$00090003$)
window!.setCallback(window!.ON_CLOSE,"eoj")
status! = window!.addStatusBar(100)
data "text","color","date","datetime-local","email","month"
data "number","range","search","tel","time","url","week"
i = 101, x = 100, y = 25, w = 175, h 
= 25
tbutton! = window!.addToolButton(1,x,y,w,h,"getText",$$)
tbutton!.setCallback(tbutton!.ON_TOOL_BUTTON_PUSH,"getText")
while 1
 dread type$,err=*break
 y = y + h + 10
 window!.addStaticText(i+100,0,y+5,90,h,type$,$8000$)
 editbox! = window!.addEditBox(i,x,y,w,h,"",$$,type$)
 if type$ = "text" then
    editbox!.setText("The 
quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.")
 endif
 if type$="color" then
    color$ = "#" 
+ hta(chr(rnd(255))) + hta(chr(rnd(255))) + hta(chr(rnd(255)))
    editbox!.setText(color$)
 endif
 if type$="date" then
    mask$ = "%Yl-%Mz-%Dz"
    editbox!.setText(date(0:mask$))
    print "min=",editbox!.getAttribute("min"),",max=",editbox!.getAttribute("max")
    editbox!.setAttribute("min",date(jul(0,0,0)-365:mask$))
    editbox!.setAttribute("max",date(jul(0,0,0)+365:mask$))
    print "min=",editbox!.getAttribute("min"),",max=",editbox!.getAttribute("max")
 endif
 if type$="datetime-local" 
then
    mask$="%Yl-%Mz-%DzT%Hz:%mz"
    editbox!.setText(date(0:mask$))
    print "min=",editbox!.getAttribute("min"),",max=",editbox!.getAttribute("max")
    editbox!.setAttribute("min",date(jul(0,0,0)-365:mask$))
    editbox!.setAttribute("max",date(jul(0,0,0)+365:mask$))
    print "min=",editbox!.getAttribute("min"),",max=",editbox!.getAttribute("max")
 endif
 if type$="month" then
    mask$="%Yl-%Mz"
    editbox!.setText(date(0:mask$))
    print "min=",editbox!.getAttribute("min"),",max=",editbox!.getAttribute("max")
    editbox!.setAttribute("min",date(jul(0,0,0)-365:mask$))
    editbox!.setAttribute("max",date(jul(0,0,0)+365:mask$))
    print "min=",editbox!.getAttribute("min"),",max=",editbox!.getAttribute("max")
 endif
 if type$="number" then
    editbox!.setText(str(50))
    editbox!.setAlignment(editbox!.ALIGN_RIGHT)
    print "min=",editbox!.getAttribute("min"),",max=",editbox!.getAttribute("max")
    editbox!.setAttribute("min","-100")
    editbox!.setAttribute("max","100")
    editbox!.setAttribute("step","any")
    print "min=",editbox!.getAttribute("min"),",max=",editbox!.getAttribute("max")
 endif
 if type$="range" then
    editbox!.setText(str(50))
    print "min=",editbox!.getAttribute("min"),",max=",editbox!.getAttribute("max")
    editbox!.setAttribute("min","-100")
    editbox!.setAttribute("max","100")
    print "min=",editbox!.getAttribute("min"),",max=",editbox!.getAttribute("max")
 endif
 if type$="time" then
    mask$="%Hz:%mz"
    editbox!.setText(date(0:mask$))
 endif
 if type$="week" then
    mask$="%Yl-W%Wz"
    editbox!.setText(date(0:mask$))
 endif
 editbox!.setName(type$)
 editbox!.setAttribute("placeholder","placeholder 
text goes here")
 editbox!.setToolTipText(editbox!.getEditType())
 editbox!.setCallback(editbox!.ON_EDIT_MODIFY,"modify")
 i = i + 1
wend
process_events
eoj:
 release
getText:
 control! = window!.getFocusedControl()
 i = msgbox(control!.getText(err=*next),0,control!.getName(err=*next))
return
modify:
 event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
 editbox! = event!.getControl()
 event$ = editbox!.getName()+" 
= '"+event!.getText()+"'"
 status!.setText(event$)
 print event$
return