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