BBjControl::getText

Return Value

Method

string

getText()

REM Get the text of a control

REM Obtain the instance of the BBjAPI object
LET myAPI!=BBjAPI()

REM Open the SysGui device
SYSGUI=UNT
OPEN (SYSGUI) "X0"

REM Obtain the instance of the BBjSysGui object
LET mySysGui!=myAPI!.getSysGui()

REM Set common addWindow param values
X=10
Y=10
WIDTH=200
HEIGHT=200

REM Create a window with a title in the current context
TITLE$="BBj Window"
REM Set the current context
mySysGui!.setContext(0)
myWindow! = mySysGui!.addWindow(X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT,TITLE$)

REM Add a button on the window
myButton! = myWindow!.addButton(101,50,100,90,30,"Button")

REM Get the text of the button, this will return "Button"
BUTTON_TEXT$=myButton!.getText()

REM Register the CALLBACK routines
CALLBACK(ON_CLOSE,APP_CLOSE,mySysGui!.getContext())

REM Process Events
PROCESS_EVENTS

REM Callback routine called when the user closes the application window
APP_CLOSE:
RELEASE
RETURN