BBjCEdit::getOvertypeMode

Description

Returns whether overtype mode is used in the BBjCEdit control.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

boolean

getOvertypeMode()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns whether overtype mode is being used in the BBjCEdit control (0 = Not in Overtype Mode, 1 = In Overtype Mode).

Remarks

By default, the BBjCEdit control is not in overtype mode.

Example

rem 'Determine if the mode of a custom edit box is overtype

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(101,30,100,140,30,"")

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

rem 'Set the mode of a custom edit box to overtype
myCEdit!.setOvertypeMode(mySysGui!.TRUE)

rem 'Determine if the mode of a custom edit box is overtype, this will return true (1)
OVERTYPE_MODE = myCEdit!.getOvertypeMode()

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.