BBjListEdit::getSelectedIndex

Description

Returns the index of the currently selected item in the BBjListEdit control.

Syntax

Return Value Method
int getSelectedIndex()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns the currently selected 0-based index.

Remarks

None.

Example

rem 'Get the index of the currently selected item in a list edit 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 a list edit control to the window
myListEdit! = myWindow!.addListEdit(101,50,100,90,60,"",$0000$)

rem 'Add items into the list edit
FOR I = 1 TO 4
    ITEM$ = "ITEM " + STR(I)
    myListEdit!.addItem(ITEM$)
NEXT I

rem 'Select an item in the list edit
myListEdit!.selectIndex(2)

rem 'Get the index of the currently selected item in a list edit control
rem 'this will return 2
SEL_INDEX = myListEdit!.getSelectedIndex()

rem 'Get the item at the selected index, this will return "ITEM 3"
SEL_ITEM$ = myListEdit!.getItemAt(SEL_INDEX)

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.