BBjInputE::getMask

Return Value

Method

string

getMask()

REM Get the mask for an InputE 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$)

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

REM Get the mask for the InputE control, this will return "AAAAAAAAA"
MASK$=myInputE!.getMask()

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