BBjInputD::setEditString

Description

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

Syntax

Return Value

Method

void

setEditString(string edit)

Parameters

Variable

Description

edit

Specifies the !EDIT string.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

None.

Example

rem 'Set the !EDIT string for 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, and 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 'Set the edit string to map the popup calendar to CTRL+P
EDIT$ = $0D0008441D400C411C410B421E420A431F4312451B451446014C1A4D0949024A174B18480547044F0F4E193F1055$

rem 'Set the !EDIT string for the InputD control
myInputD!.setEditString(EDIT$)

Text! = myWindow!.addStaticText(100,50,60,90,30,"Press CTRL+P for a popup calendar")

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.