BBjInputT::getMask

Description

In BBj 24.00 and higher, this method returns the mask of the BBjInputT control.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
string	getMask()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns the mask of the BBjInputT control.

Remarks

The mask is formatted according to the rules of the DATE() function and is assumed to represent a time value. It should be limited to the following format codes and standard separators like ":", ".", and " ".

Format	Description
%a	Localized am/pm string.
%H	Hour (24-hour clock, 0..23).
%h	Hour (12-hour clock, 1..12).
%m	Minute 0..59.
%s	Second (0..59).
%t	Millisecond (0..999).

Example

sysgui = unt
open (sysgui)"X0"
sysgui! = bbjapi().getSysGui()
window! = sysgui!.addWindow(50,50,200,150,"BBjInputT",$00090083$)
window!.setCallback(window!.ON_CLOSE,"eoj")
inputt! = window!.addInputT(101,25,25,150,25,$0008$)
print "getMask ",inputt!.getMask()
inputt! = window!.addInputT(102,25,85,150,25,$0008$)
mask$ = "%Hz:%mz:%sz %a"
time$ = stbl("!TIME",err=oops)
time = pos($00$=time$)
if time then mask$ = time$(time+1) else mask$ = time$
oops:
inputt!.setMask(mask$)
print "getMask",inputt!.getMask()
process_events

eoj:
release