Value (ScreenField property)

Set or return the value of a screenfield (ScreenField class)

This property sets or returns the value of a ScreenField. The value is set from or copied to a User Language string, and it may be from 0-255 characters in length.

Syntax

%currentString = sfield:Value sfield:Value = newString

Syntax terms

%sfield

A reference to an instance of a ScreenField object.

newvalue

The string value to assign to %sfield.

%string

A User Language string variable to contain the returned %sfield data.

Usage notes

After a Read method (“Read function” on page 904) on the Screen object, you use the Value method to get any user-entered data for a non-protected field.

For an example using Value to set field display data, see “Screen class example”. For an example using Value to get user-entered data, see the example below.

See also the AddField method, whose Value parameter can set display data when the ScreenField is instantiated.

See also

Screen class ScreenField class	List of Screen methods List of ScreenField methods List of Screen API methods	Screen methods syntax ScreenField methods syntax
Notation conventions for methods