Value (ScreenField property)
Set or return the value of a screenfield (ScreenField class)
The Value 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
| %currentString | A User Language string variable to contain the returned sfield data. |
|---|---|
| sfield | A reference to an instance of a ScreenField object. |
| newString | The string value to assign to sfield. |
Usage notes
- After a Read of a 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 the "Screen object sample code".
- For an example using Value to get user-entered data, see the example below.
Examples
In the following example, a screenfield %scrfmsg set up to display an error message to the user is populated according to the user command input in screenfield %scrfcmd. The $SirMsg argument identifies the number of the line to be returned from a procedure designated by $SirMsgP (not shown).
... %scr is object screen %scrfmsg is object screenfield %scrfcmd is object screenfield %scrfmsg = %sscr:addField(row=3, column=1, - width=%scr:columns - 1, color=red) ... %scr:read if %scrfcmd:value = 'x' then %msg = $Sirmsg(11) if %scrfcmd:value = 'y' then %msg = $Sirmsg(12) ... %scrfmsg:value = %msg ...
See also
- The AddField method's Value parameter can set display data when the ScreenField is instantiated.