BBjControl::setAttribute

Description

In BBj 15.00 and higher, this method sets a control attribute on the BBjControl.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
void	setAttribute(String `attribute`, String `value`)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
attribute	Specifies an attribute to be set for the control.
value	Specifies the value of that attribute.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

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

Example

rem ' BBjControl::setAttribute 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