AUTOFORWARD Property

9.6A, PLBCMP GUI Only

The AUTOFORWARD property allows the use of the enter key to tab between the fields of an EDITDATETIME object. The property uses the following format:

AUTOFORWARD={value}

Note the following:

1. AUTOFORWARD may be used in CREATE, SETPROP, or GETPROP statements of EDITDATETIME objects.

2. {value} is a decimal number, a Numeric Variable, an Expression, or a keyword as defined in PLBEQU.INC. The supported values and keywords are:

 

Value	Keyword	The autoforward feature is ...
0	$OFF	disabled. (default)
1	$ON	enabled.

 

3. By default when this property is not being used, the data entry for an EDITDATETIME object is entered on a field by field basis and the end user action using the left/right arrow keys goes to the next field to be entered. If the AUTOFORWARD property is set to a value of one, the runtime automatically detects when a field in the EDITDATETIME object has been entered by the end user and the focus is automatically change to the next field in to be entered. If the AUTOFORWARD property is set to a value of zero, the behavior is the same as described for the default.

4. When using the PL/B Web Server, this property is not supported.

See Also: Object Properties, Object IO Instructions, Object Definitions