BBjGrid::getEditText

Description

In BBj 4.00 and higher, this method returns the edit text associated with the BBjGrid.

Syntax

Return Value Method
string getEditText()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns the edit text associated with the grid.

Remarks

None.

Example

rem 'Get the text of a cell in a BBjGrid object

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 'Create the main window and control objects
GOSUB CreateGrid

rem 'Display the main window
MainWindow!.setVisible(mySysGui!.TRUE)

rem 'Register the CALLBACK routines
CALLBACK(ON_CLOSE,DoAppClose,GridContext)
CALLBACK(ON_GRID_CELL_MODIFY,DoEditCell,GridContext,Grid!.getID())

rem 'Process Events
process_events

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

rem 'Callback routine called when the user edits a grid cell
DoEditCell:
    print "Edit text is: ",Grid!.getEditText()
return

rem 'Subroutine called to create the grid
CreateGrid:
    let TITLE$="BBjGrid"
    let DayMask$="##B"
    let CurrentJul=0,CalX=400,CalY=400

    rem 'Get the next available context
    let GridContext=mySysGui!.getAvailableContext()
    mySysGui!.setContext(GridContext)

    rem 'Create the main window
    let MainWindow! = mySysGui!.addWindow(100,100,186,160,TITLE$,$00010013$)

    rem 'Add the calendar (grid) to the main window
    let Grid! = MainWindow!.addGrid(100,3,26,178,121)

    rem 'Set the attributes of the grid
    Grid!.setGridEditable(1)
    blueColor! = mySysGui!.makeColor(mySysGui!.BLUE)
    Grid!.setColumnHeaderForeColor(blueColor!)
    Grid!.setNumRows(6)
    Grid!.setRowHeight(20)
    Grid!.setNumColumns(3)
    Grid!.setMaxColumns(255)
    Grid!.setHasColumnHeader(mySysGui!.TRUE)
    Grid!.setVerticalLinesVisible(mySysGui!.TRUE)
    Grid!.setHorizontalLinesVisible(mySysGui!.TRUE)
    Grid!.setClientEdge(mySysGui!.TRUE)
    Grid!.setSelectionMode(Grid!.GRID_SELECT_CELL)
    Grid!.setGridEditable(mySysGui!.TRUE)

    rem 'Set the attributes for the grid's columns
    FOR COL = 0 TO 2
        Grid!.setColumnWidth(COL, 50)
        Grid!.setColumnAlignment(Col,Grid!.GRID_ALIGN_RIGHT)
        Grid!.setColumnForeColor(COL, blueColor!)
    NEXT COL
    Grid!.setColumnHeaderForeColor(blueColor!)

    rem 'Set the attributes for the current date (static text control)
    let CurrDate! = MainWindow!.addStaticText(101,45,3,90,20,"")
    CurrDate!.setClientEdge(mySysGui!.TRUE)
    CurrDate!.setForeColor(blueColor!)
return

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjSysGui

BBjControl

BBjWindow

See the BBj Object Diagram for an illustration of the relationship between BBj Objects.