BBjCEdit::getLineCountLimit

Description

In BBj 5.0 and higher, this method returns the maximum number of lines (paragraphs) that can be entered into the BBjCEdit control.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

int

getLineCountLimit()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns the maximum number of lines that can be entered into the BBjCEdit control (0 = no limit).

Remarks

By default, the BBjCEdit control does not limit the number of paragraphs that can be entered.

Example

rem 'Get the maximum number of paragraphs in a custom edit 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 addWindow param values
X = 10
Y = 10
WIDTH = 200
HEIGHT = 200
TITLE$ = "BBj Window"

rem 'Set the current context
mySysGui!.setContext(0)

rem 'Create a window
myWindow! = mySysGui!.addWindow(X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT,TITLE$)

rem 'Add a CEDIT control on the window
myCEdit! = myWindow!.addCEdit(101,10,10,180,180,"")
?myCEdit!.getLineCountLimit()

rem 'Add a paragraph at index 0 to the CEdit control
myCEdit!.addParagraph(0,"This is a paragraph")

rem 'Set the CEdit control to limit to three paragraphs
myCEdit!.setLineCountLimit(3)

rem 'Get the CEdit control paragraph limit
LIMIT = myCEdit!.getLineCountLimit()

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

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjSysGui

BBjControl

BBjWindow

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