BBjWebManager::getAttribute

Description

In BBj 22.03 and higher, this method returns the value of a component attribute on the web page.

Note:

In BBj 22.03 and higher, BBjWebManager is an alias for BBjBuiManager.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
void	getAttribute(String `attribute`)
void	getAttribute(String `attribute`, String `selector`)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
attribute	Specifies an attribute to be retrieved from the web page.
selector	By default, getAttribute applies to the document element on the web page. If a selector is specified, it selects a descendant element within the document to query this attribute. If a specified selector doesn't return any elements, the default document element is used.

Return Value

Returns the value of this attribute.

Example

rem ' BBjWebManager::getAttribute

attribute$ = "lang"
value$ = "en-US"
selector$ = ""

sysgui = unt
open (sysgui)"X0"
sysgui! = bbjapi().getSysGui()

title$ = "BBjWebManager::getAttribute"
window! = sysgui!.addWindow(25,25,600,275,title$,$00090083$)
window!.setCallback(window!.ON_RESIZE,"resize")
window!.setCallback(window!.ON_CLOSE,"eoj")

window!.addStaticText(101,5,25,90,25,"Attribute:",$8000$)
attribute! = window!.addEditBox(102,100,25,475,25,attribute$,$$)

window!.addStaticText(103,5,75,90,25,"Value:",$8000$)
value! = window!.addEditBox(104,100,75,475,25,value$,$$)

window!.addStaticText(105,5,125,90,25,"Selector:",$8000$)
selector! = window!.addEditBox(106,100,125,475,25,selector$,$$)

setAttribute! = window!.addButton(1,100,175,475,25,"setAttribute",$$)
setAttribute!.setCallback(setAttribute!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"setAttribute")

getAttribute! = window!.addButton(2,100,225,475,25,"getAttribute",$$)
getAttribute!.setCallback(getAttribute!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"getAttribute")

browser! = bbjapi().getWebManager(err=oops)
browser!.getUrl(err=oops)

process_events

oops:
i = msgbox("This functionality is only supported in browser environments.")

eoj:
release

resize:
    event! = sysgui!.getLastEvent()
    width = event!.getWidth()
    height = event!.getHeight()
    attribute!.setSize(width-125,25)
    value!.setSize(width-125,25)
    selector!.setSize(width-125,25)
    setAttribute!.setSize(width-125,25)
    getAttribute!.setSize(width-125,25)
return

setAttribute:
    attribute$ = attribute!.getText()
    value$ = value!.getText()
    selector$ = selector!.getText()
    browser!.setAttribute(attribute$, value$, selector$)
return

getAttribute:
    attribute$ = attribute!.getText()
    selector$ = selector!.getText()
    value$ = browser!.getAttribute(attribute$, selector$)
    value!.setText(value$)
return