EDITTYPE Property

PLBCMP GUI Only

 

The EDITTYPE property specifies the type of characters that may be entered using an EDITTEXT object. The property uses the following format:

 

EDITTYPE={value}

Note the following:

  1. EDITTYPE may be used in CREATE, SETPROP, or GETPROP statements of an EDITTEXT object.

  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:

    3.  

    Value

    Keyword

    Input is ...

    0

    $NONE

    any value. (default)

    1

    $ALL

    any value.

    2

    $INTEGER

    restricted to numeric digits only.( 0 through 9 ).

    3

    $DECIMAL

    restricted to numeric digits ( 0 through 9 ), minus sign (-) and decimal point (.). When this edit type is being used and the PLB_LOCALE is ON, any decimal point (.) is translated to the locale decimal point as data is moved into an EDITTEXT. Likewise, any locale decimal point is translated to a decimal point (.) as data is extracted from an EDITTEXT.

    4

    $LOWERCASE

    converted to lower case as entered.

    5

    $UPPERCASE

    converted to upper case as entered.

    6

    $NUMERIC

    restricted to numeric digits ( 0 through 9 ), minus sign (-), locale decimal point, and locale thousand characters.

 

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

 


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