BBjInputE::getEditString

Description

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

Remarks

None.

Example

rem 'Get the !EDIT string for an InputE 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$)

rem 'Add an INPUTE control that accepts only alphabetic characters and converts
rem 'all to upper case, limiting input to 10 characters, and inserting
rem 'the value "STANDARD" when the user hits the restore key (normally ESCAPE)
myInputE! = myWindow!.addInputE(101,50,100,90,30,$0804$,"AAAAAAAAAA","",1,"STANDARD","")

rem 'Get the !EDIT string for the InputE control as a HEX string
EDIT_STRING$ = HTA(myInputE!.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

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjSysGui

BBjControl

BBjWindow

STBL Formats

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