BBjBuiManager::setAttribute

Description

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

Syntax

Return Value	Method
void	setAttribute(string attribute, string value)
void	setAttribute(string attribute, string value, string selector)

Parameters

Variable	Description
attribute	Specifies an attribute to be set on the web page.
value	Specifies the value of that attribute.
selector	By default, setAttribute applies to the document element on the web page. If a selector is specified, it selects a descendant element within the document to set this attribute. If a specified selector doesn't return any elements, the default document element is used.

Return Value

None.

Remarks

This functionality is primarily intended for setting low-level BUI element attributes or DWC component properties. When running in GUI, the attributes do not affect the control itself, but may be used by the developer.

Example

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BBjBuiManager::setAttribute Example

rem ' BBjBuiManager::setAttribute

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

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

title$ = "BBjBuiManager::setAttribute"
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().getBuiManager(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