BBjInputE::setLength

Description

Sets the length of the text in the BBjInputE control.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

void

setLength(int len)

Parameters

Variable

Description

len

Specifies the length of the text in the control.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

If the setLength method is called, then the previous mask is not used. The mask for the characters will be the default mask character "X".

Example

rem 'Set the length of text in 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
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","BBjInputE")

rem 'Set the text in then InputE control to be 9 characters
myInputE!.setLength(9)

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.