BBjEditBox::getAlignment

Description

Returns the alignment of the text in the BBjEditBox.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

int

getAlignment()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns one of the following constants:

ALIGN_LEFT

ALIGN_RIGHT

ALIGN_CENTER

Remarks

By default , the alignment of the text is ALIGN_LEFT.

Example

rem 'Get the aligment of text in a edit box

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 edit box on the window
myEditBox! = myWindow!.addEditBox(101,50,100,90,30,"Edit Box")

rem 'Set the alignment of the text in the edit box to right aligment
myEditBox!.setAlignment(mySysGui!.ALIGN_RIGHT)

rem 'Get the alignment of the text in the edit box, this will return ALIGN_RIGHT
ALIGNMENT = myEditBox!.getAlignment()

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.