BBjWindow::getChildWindow

Description

Retrieves a BBjChildWindow object given a control ID. In BBj 14.0 and higher, this method supports reference to the BBjChildWindow by name.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
BBjChildWindow	getChildWindow(int `ID`)
BBjChildWindow	getChildWindow(string name)

Parameters

Variable	Description
ID	Specifies the Control ID of the child window.
name	Specifies the name of the child window.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

Returns the child window object if it exists. Returns null if the child window object does not exist.

Example

rem 'Get a child window from a top level window

rem 'Obtain the instance of the BBjAPI object
let myAPI! = BBJAPI()

rem 'Open the SysGui device
let SYSGUI = UNT
OPEN (SYSGUI)"X0"

rem 'Obtain the instance of the BBjSysGui object
let mySysGui! = myAPI!.getSysGui()

rem 'Set addWindow param values
let X = 10
let Y = 10
let WIDTH = 200
let HEIGHT = 200
let TITLE$="BBj Window"

rem 'Create a top level window
let myWindow! = mySysGui!.addWindow(X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT,TITLE$)

rem 'Create a child window
let myChildWindow! = myWindow!.addChildWindow(200,50,50,100,100,"",$$,1,$$)

rem 'Get the context of the child window and set it to be the current context
let CHILD_CONTEXT = mySysGui!.getContext()

rem 'Add a static text control on the child window
CHILD_TEXT$="Child Window"
let myStaticText! = myChildWindow!.addStaticText(300,X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT,CHILD_TEXT$)

rem 'Register the CALLBACK routines
CALLBACK(ON_CLOSE,APP_CLOSE,0)

rem 'Get the child window
childWindow! = myWindow!.getChildWindow(200)

rem 'Process Events
process_events

rem 'Callback routine called when the user closes the application window
APP_CLOSE:
release