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

Variable	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.

Remarks

None.

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