Attribute | Data Type | Description | Inherited From |
AbsXLeft | integer | Specifies a field's starting X coordinate, including the border and shadow, relative to the form (RW) | FormField |
AbsXRight | integer | Specifies a field's ending X coordinate, including the border and shadow, relative to the form (RW) | FormField |
AbsYBottom | integer | Specifies a field's ending Y coordinate, including the border and shadow, relative to the form (RW) | FormField |
AbsYTop | integer | Specifies a field's starting Y coordinate, including the border and shadow, relative to the form (RW) | FormField |
AllBias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting for all modes of a frame (W) | FormField |
AnchorPoint | integer | Specifies one of nine predetermined anchor points for a field (RW) | FormField |
BgBitmap | BitmapObject | Specifies the background setting for a field when BgPattern is FP_BITMAP (RW) | FormField |
BgColor | integer | Specifies the background color of a field's bounding box (RW) | FieldObject |
BgDisplayPolicy | integer | Controls the positioning and display of form field background images—either anchored to their own top left corner (fixed), or anchored relative to the closest parent field whose background is fixed (RW) | FormField |
BgPattern | integer | Specifies the form's background pattern (RW) | FormField |
ChildFields | array of FormField | Contains an unordered list of the fields that make up the composite field (R) | CompositeField |
ClassName | varchar(32) | Gives the name of an object's actual type (as opposed to its declared type) (R) | Object |
ClientData | Object | Provides a way to associate data with an object (RW) | Object |
ClientText | varchar(2000) | Stores text values; allows information to be assigned to a field at runtime (RW) | FieldObject |
ControlField | smallint | Determines if a field manipulates the user interface instead of the underlying data (RW) | FieldObject |
CurBias | smallint | Specifies the current bias setting for a field (RW) | FormField |
Cursor | CursorBitmap | Causes the mouse cursor to change to the cursor associated with the CursorBitmap when the mouse pointer is over the FormField object (RW) | FormField |
DataType | varchar(65) | Specifies the data type of the field's variable (RW1) | FieldObject |
Declared | smallint | Controls whether OpenROAD declares a variable for the field at compile time (RW) | ActiveField |
DefaultString | varchar(256) | Stores the default value that OpenROAD uses when the DefaultValue attribute is set to DV_STRING (RW1) | FieldObject |
DefaultValue | smallint | Specifies the default value of the variable associated with the field (RW1) | FieldObject |
DragObject | Object | Sets the object that will be transferred by a drag-and-drop operation when a user starts the operation over the field (RW) | ActiveField |
DropObject | varchar(32) | Holds the class name of the objects that can be dropped on the field (RW) | ActiveField |
EventExec | FrameExec | Specifies the frame (FrameExec) to which this field's events will be queued and processed (RW) | FieldObject |
FgColor | integer | Controls the color of the field's foreground (RW) | FieldObject |
FocusBehavior | smallint | Controls behavior of the field relative to the input focus (RW) | ActiveField |
FullName | varchar(256) | Contains the expanded name of variable (R) | FieldObject |
Gravity | integer | Specifies the alignment of a field that is within a stack field cell, a matrix field cell, or a subform (RW) | FormField |
GroupBoxLabel | varchar(100) | Permits the identification of a Composite field object as a group box by assigning a descriptive name to the GroupBoxLabel field (RW) | CompositeField |
HasDataChanged | smallint | Indicates if any interactive changes were made to the data associated with the field (RW) | FieldObject |
HasFieldChanged | smallint | Is TRUE if any structural attributes of a field have been changed since the frame was initialized (RW) | FormField |
Height | integer | Specifies the Y extent of the “inner rectangle” of the field, excluding borders and shadows (RW) | FormField |
InstanceIdentifier | integer | Contains a value that uniquely identifies an instance of an allocated object (R) | Object |
InstanceReferences | integer | Contains the current number of references to the object (R) | Object |
IsCurField | smallint | Is TRUE when a field has the current input focus for the frame (RW) | FormField |
IsDragSource | integer | If set to TRUE, a drag-and-drop operation may be started over the field; DragObject is the object that is transferred (RW) | ActiveField |
IsMoveBounded | smallint | Specifies if the component fields of the composite field can move beyond the composite field's boundaries (RW) | CompositeField |
IsNullable | smallint | Is TRUE if the variable is nullable (RW1) | FieldObject |
IsPropOptInherited | integer | If set to TRUE, indicates that the field is to use or inherit the PropertyOptMenu of the CompositeField that is nearest in scope (RW) | ActiveField |
IsResizeBounded | smallint | Is TRUE if resizing of child fields within the composite is bounded by the borders of the composite itself, when the child fields are resizable (RW) | CompositeField |
IsReverse | smallint | Is TRUE if reverse is on for a field's background and foreground colors (RW) | FormField |
IsSelected | smallint | Is TRUE if a field is selected (for fields with bias settings that are selectable); defaults to FALSE (RW) | FormField |
LayerSequence | integer | Specifies a field's sequence number within the field layer (RW) | FormField |
MouseDownText | varchar(100) | Specifies the text displayed in the window status bar of the current frame when the mouse pointer is over the field and the select button is clicked (RW) | FormField |
MouseMoveText | varchar(100) | Specifies the text displayed in the window status bar of the current frame when the mouse pointer is over the field (RW) | FormField |
Name | varchar(32) | Contains the name of the field object (RW1) | FieldObject |
OuterHeight | integer | Specifies the extent in Y direction of a field, including border lines and shadows (RW) | FormField |
OuterWidth | integer | Specifies the extent in X direction of a field, including border lines and shadows (RW) | FormField |
OutlineColor | integer | Controls the color of the border line or shadow of the bounding box around the field (RW) | ActiveField |
OutlineStyle | integer | Controls the style of the outline of the field (RW) | ActiveField |
OutlineWidth | integer | Controls the width of the border line or the shadow for the bounding box around the field (RW) | ActiveField |
ParentField | CompositeField | Specifies the direct parent field for a field (RW) | FormField |
PropertyOptMenu | OptionMenu | Contains the OptionMenu that is activated when the right mouse button is clicked while over the field (RW) | ActiveField |
QueryBias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_QUERY (RW) | FormField |
ReadBias | smallint | Specifies the bias setting for a field when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_READ (RW) | FormField |
RequireRealField | smallint | Indicates if a field must be associated with a toolkit control or widget (RW) | FormField |
Script | StringObject | Contains the 4GL script associated with the field (RW) | FieldObject |
TabSeqNum | integer | Set this attribute to the 1-relative number equal to the order in which you want this field to appear in the TabSequence for the containing CompositeField (RW) | ActiveField |
ToolTipText | varchar(100) | Specifies the text to be displayed when the mouse pointer rests on the FormField (RW) | FormField |
UpdateBias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_UPDATE (RW) | FormField |
User1Bias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_USER1 (RW) | FormField |
User2Bias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_USER2 (RW) | FormField |
User3Bias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_USER3 (RW) | FormField |
WidgetID | integer | This is not supported. Represents the field's handle for the highest-level Windows control for the field. (R) | ActiveField |
Width | integer | Specifies the X extent of the “inner rectangle” of the field, excluding border lines or shadows (RW) | FormField |
XAnchorPoint | integer | Use with YAnchorPoint to position an object by setting relevant anchor point values (RW) | FormField |
XLeft | integer | Specifies the relative X coordinate of the left edge of a field's bounding rectangle (RW) | FormField |
XRight | integer | Specifies the relative X coordinate of the right edge of a field's bounding rectangle (RW) | FormField |
YAnchorPoint | integer | Use with XAnchorPoint to position an object by setting relevant anchor point values (RW) | FormField |
YBottom | integer | Specifies the relative Y coordinate of the lower edge of a field's bounding rectangle (RW) | FormField |
YTop | integer | Specifies the relative Y coordinate of the top edge of a field's bounding rectangle (RW) | FormField |
Method | Return Value | Description | Inherited From |
CheckFailedMandatory ([setfocusonfailure = smallint]) | ActiveField | Checks all child mandatory fields for entered values | ActiveField |
DeclareData ([result = byref(variable)] [,userclass = byref(UserClassObject)]) | integer | Declares a specified active field so that you can refer to it in a dynamic expression | ActiveField |
Duplicate() | FlexibleForm | Makes a duplicate of the object, placing a reference to the new object in a reference variable | Object |
FieldByName (name = varchar(256)) | FieldObject | Finds a field object that matches a specified name | CompositeField |
GetAttribute (attributename = byref(variable) {,attributename = byref(variable)}) | integer | Gets the values of any number of attributes for the object | Object |
GetFieldValue (value = byref(variable)) | integer | Gets the current value of a field | FieldObject |
IsA (class = classname) | integer | Is TRUE if the object is of the same class as, or one of the subclasses of, the class specified by classname | Object |
IsAncestorOf (descendant = FormField) | smallint | Is TRUE if the composite is an ancestor at any level of a specified form field | CompositeField |
IsDescendantOf (ancestor = FieldObject) | smallint | Is TRUE if the field object is a descendant at any level of the specified ancestor | FieldObject |
SelectAll() | none | Sets all selectable direct descendants of a composite field to the selected state | CompositeField |
SetAttribute (attributename = value {,attributename = value}) | integer | Sets any number of attributes for the object | Object |
SetFieldValue (value = value) | integer | Sets the value of a field | FieldObject |
SetToDefault() | none | Sets the value of the field to its default value | ActiveField |
UndeclareData() | integer | Dissociates the named active field from variables previously associated with the DeclareData method | ActiveField |
UpdBackground() | none | Changes a field's background | FormField |
UpdField ([clearhasdatachanged = integer]) | none | Refreshes a displayed field | ActiveField |
UpdValue() | integer | Loads the internal memory area that stores a field's value with the value contained with the visual representation of the value | FieldObject |
WhichTableField() | TableField | Determines which table field contains the field that triggered this method | FieldObject |