BBjInputD::getLocale

Description

In BBj 4.00 and higher, this method returns the locale of the BBjInputD control.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

string

getLocale()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns the locale of the BBjInputD control. The locale determines the language and format of the popup calendar.

Example

rem 'Retrieve the Locale of an InputD 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$,$00010002$)

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 'Returns the locale of the InputD control
print "Locale is ",myInputD!.getLocale()

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.