BBjGrid::getTabAction

Description

In BBj 6.0 and higher, this method returns the current tab action in the BBjGrid.

Syntax

Return Value

Method

int

getTabAction()

Parameters

None.

Return Value

Returns the current tab action of the grid. See setTabAction for a listing of actions.

Remarks

None.

Example

rem 'get tab action of the BBjGrid

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 'Set addWindow param values
X=10
Y=10
WIDTH=400
HEIGHT=400
TITLE$="BBj Window"

rem 'Set the current context
mySysGui!.setContext(0)

rem 'Create a window
myWindow! = mySysGui!.addWindow(X,Y,WIDTH,HEIGHT,TITLE$,$010002$)

rem 'Add a grid on the window
myGrid! = myWindow!.addGrid(101,50,100,300,100,$8060$,4,2)

rem 'Add a button to the window
myButton!=myWindow!.addButton(102,50,200,280,30,"GRID_NAVIGATE_COLUMN_THEN_CONTROL",$$)

rem 'Set the grid properties
myGrid!.setDefaultColumnWidth(140)
myGrid!.setTabAction(myGrid!.GRID_NAVIGATE_COLUMN_THEN_CONTROL)

rem 'Add text to the grid cells
FOR ROW = 0 TO 3
    FOR COL = 0 TO 1
        CELLTEXT$="ROW = " + STR(ROW+1) + ", COL = " + STR(COL+1)
        myGrid!.setCellText(ROW,COL,CELLTEXT$)
    NEXT COL
NEXT ROW

rem 'Register the CALLBACK routines
myWindow!.setCallback(myWindow!.ON_CLOSE,"APP_CLOSE")
myButton!.setCallback(myButton!.ON_BUTTON_PUSH,"BUTTON_PUSHED")

rem 'Process Events
process_events

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

BUTTON_PUSHED:
    SWITCH myGrid!.getTabAction()
        CASE 1; myButton!.setText("GRID_NAVIGATE_COLUMN_THEN_WRAP");myGrid!.setTabAction(myGrid!.GRID_NAVIGATE_COLUMN_THEN_WRAP);break
            CASE 2; myButton!.setText("GRID_NAVIGATE_CONTROL");myGrid!.setTabAction(myGrid!.GRID_NAVIGATE_CONTROL);break
                CASE 3;myButton!.setText("GRID_NAVIGATE_GRID"); myGrid!.setTabAction(myGrid!.GRID_NAVIGATE_GRID);break
                    CASE DEFAULT;myButton!.setText("GRID_NAVIGATE_COLUMN_THEN_CONTROL");myGrid!.setTabAction(myGrid!.GRID_NAVIGATE_COLUMN_THEN_CONTROL)
                    swend
                return

See Also

BBjAPI

BBjSysGui

BBjControl

BBjWindow

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