Value (ScreenField property)

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

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.