BBjInputD::getEditString

Description

In BBj 4.0 and higher, this method returns the !EDIT string used to map input characters to edit functions for the BBjInputD control.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
string	getEditString()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns the !EDIT string which is used to map input characters to edit functions for the BBjInputD control.

Remarks

None.

Example

rem 'Print the !EDIT

string for the InputD control as a HEX string

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$,$00010002$)

rem 'Add an InputD control that uses the current default mask, inserting
rem 'today's date when the user hits the restore key (normally ESCAPE)
myInputD! = myWindow!.addInputD(101,50,100,90,30,$080c$,"",$$,0,0)

rem 'Print the !EDIT string for the InputD control as a HEX string
print "Edit string is ",hta(myInputD!.getEditString())

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
return

See Also

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