BBjControl::setVisible

Description

Sets whether or not the BBjControl is visible.

Syntax

Return Value Method
void setVisible(boolean visible)

Parameters

Parameter Description
visible Specifies whether or not the BBjControl should be visible. By default, visible is set to be visible, true (1).
  • true (1) = The BBjControl is visible.
  • false (0) = The BBjControl is invisible.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

By default, a BBjControl object is visible.

Example

rem 'Set a control to be visible/invisible

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 'Create constants
FALSE = 0
TRUE = 1

rem 'Make the button invisible
myButton!.setVisible(FALSE)

rem 'Wait 3 seconds
WAIT(3)

rem 'Make the button visible
myButton!.setVisible(TRUE)

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
Example Type: BBj

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjSysGui

BBjWindow

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