BBjListEdit::select

Description

In BBj 5.00 and higher, this method selects text from the edit area of the BBjListEdit control.

Syntax

Return Value Method
void select(int startIndex, int endIndex)

Parameters

Parameter Description
startIndex Specifies the 0-based index of the beginning of the text to be selected.
endIndex Specifies the 0-based index of the end of the text to be selected.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

None.

Example

rem 'Select part of the text 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 'Set the item at index 1 (ITEM 2) to be selected
myListEdit!.selectIndex(1)

rem 'Select "EM" from the middle
myListEdit!.select(2,4)

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.