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) | Defined |
AbsXRight | integer | Specifies a field's ending X coordinate, including the border and shadow, relative to the form (RW) | Defined |
AbsYBottom | integer | Specifies a field's ending Y coordinate, including the border and shadow, relative to the form (RW) | Defined |
AbsYTop | integer | Specifies a field's starting Y coordinate, including the border and shadow, relative to the form (RW) | Defined |
AllBias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting for all modes of a frame (W) | Defined |
AnchorPoint | integer | Specifies one of nine predetermined anchor points for a field (RW) | Defined |
BgBitmap | BitmapObject | Specifies the background setting for a field when BgPattern is FP_BITMAP (RW) | Defined |
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) | Defined |
BgPattern | integer | Specifies the form's background pattern (RW) | Defined |
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) | Defined |
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) | Defined |
DataType | varchar(65) | Specifies the data type of the field's variable (RW1) | FieldObject |
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 |
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 |
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) | Defined |
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) | Defined |
Height | integer | Specifies the Y extent of the “inner rectangle” of the field, excluding borders and shadows (RW) | Defined |
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) | Defined |
IsNullable | smallint | Is TRUE if the variable is nullable (RW1) | FieldObject |
IsReverse | smallint | Is TRUE if reverse is on for a field's background and foreground colors (RW) | Defined |
IsSelected | smallint | Is TRUE if a field is selected (for fields with bias settings that are selectable); defaults to FALSE (RW) | Defined |
LayerSequence | integer | Specifies a field's sequence number within the field layer (RW) | Defined |
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) | Defined |
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) | Defined |
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) | Defined |
OuterWidth | integer | Specifies the extent in X direction of a field, including border lines and shadows (RW) | Defined |
ParentField | CompositeField | Specifies the direct parent field for a field (RW) | Defined |
QueryBias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_QUERY (RW) | Defined |
ReadBias | smallint | Specifies the bias setting for a field when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_READ (RW) | Defined |
RequireRealField | smallint | Indicates if a field must be associated with a toolkit control or widget (RW) | Defined |
Script | StringObject | Contains the 4GL script associated with the field (RW) | FieldObject |
ToolTipText | varchar(100) | Specifies the text to be displayed when the mouse pointer rests on the FormField (RW) | Defined |
UpdateBias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_UPDATE (RW) | Defined |
User1Bias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_USER1 (RW) | Defined |
User2Bias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_USER2 (RW) | Defined |
User3Bias | smallint | Specifies a field's bias setting when the CurMode attribute for the frame is set to FM_USER3 (RW) | Defined |
Width | integer | Specifies the X extent of the “inner rectangle” of the field, excluding border lines or shadows (RW) | Defined |
XAnchorPoint | integer | Use with YAnchorPoint to position an object by setting relevant anchor point values (RW) | Defined |
XLeft | integer | Specifies the relative X coordinate of the left edge of a field's bounding rectangle (RW) | Defined |
XRight | integer | Specifies the relative X coordinate of the right edge of a field's bounding rectangle (RW) | Defined |
YAnchorPoint | integer | Use with XAnchorPoint to position an object by setting relevant anchor point values (RW) | Defined |
YBottom | integer | Specifies the relative Y coordinate of the lower edge of a field's bounding rectangle (RW) | Defined |
YTop | integer | Specifies the relative Y coordinate of the top edge of a field's bounding rectangle (RW) | Defined |
Method | Return Value | Description | Inherited From |
Duplicate() | FormField | Makes a duplicate of the object, placing a reference to the new object in a reference variable | Object |
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 |
IsDescendantOf (ancestor = FieldObject) | smallint | Is TRUE if the field object is a descendant at any level of the specified ancestor | FieldObject |
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 |
UpdBackground() | none | Changes a field's background | Defined |
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 |