Attribute | Data Type | Description | Inherited From |
AllBias | smallint | Sets the menu field's bias for all the frame modes (W) | MenuField |
BgColor | integer | Specifies the background color of a field's bounding box (RW) | FieldObject |
ChildMenuFields | array of MenuField | Contains a set of submenu items for this menu (RW1) | MenuGroup |
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 field's current bias setting (RW) | MenuField |
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 |
HasDataChanged | smallint | Indicates if any interactive changes were made to the data associated with the field (RW) | FieldObject |
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 |
IsBold | smallint | Is TRUE if the menu item text label is bold (RW) | MenuGroup |
IsItalic | smallint | Is TRUE if the menu item text label is italic (RW) | MenuGroup |
IsNullable | smallint | Is TRUE if the variable is nullable (RW1) | FieldObject |
IsPlain | smallint | Is TRUE if bold and italics are off (RW) | MenuGroup |
IsReverse | smallint | Is TRUE if reverse is on for a field's background and foreground colors (RW) | MenuField |
Name | varchar(32) | Contains the name of the field object (RW1) | FieldObject |
ParentMenuGroup | MenuGroup | Contains the parent menu for a menu item (RW1) | MenuField |
QueryBias | smallint | Specifies the bias setting for the menu item when CurMode is set to FM_QUERY (RW) | MenuField |
ReadBias | smallint | Specifies the bias setting for the menu item when CurMode is FM_READ (RW) | MenuField |
Script | StringObject | Contains the 4GL script associated with the field (RW) | FieldObject |
StatusText | varchar(100) OpenROAD 6.2: varchar(2000) | Specifies the text string displayed in the status bar of the window of the currently running frame when the menu field is displayed (RW) | MenuField |
TextLabel | varchar(256) | Specifies the text label for the menu item (RW) | MenuGroup |
TypeFace | integer | Specifies the typeface for the menu item (RW) | MenuGroup |
TypeSize | smallint | Specifies the point size of the typeface (RW) | MenuGroup |
UpdateBias | smallint | Specifies the bias setting for the menu item when CurMode is FM_UPDATE (RW) | MenuField |
User1Bias | smallint | Specifies the bias setting for the menu item when CurMode is FM_USER1 (RW) | MenuField |
User2Bias | smallint | Specifies the bias setting for the menu item when CurMode is FM_USER2 (RW) | MenuField |
User3Bias | smallint | Specifies the bias setting for the menu item when CurMode is FM_USER3 (RW) | MenuField |
WidgetID | integer | This is unsupported. Represents the menu field object's handle for the highest-level Windows control for the field. (R) | MenuField |
Method | Return Value | Description | Inherited From |
Duplicate() | MenuStack | Makes a duplicate of the object, placing a reference to the new object in a reference variable | Object |
FieldByName (name = varchar(256)) | MenuField | Finds a menu field object that matches the specified name | MenuGroup |
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 | Returns 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 |
SetToDefault() | none | Sets the menu field to its default value and clears HasDataChanged | MenuField |
UpdMenu() | none | Refreshes the display to reflect changes to menu items | MenuGroup |
WhichTableField() | TableField | Determines which table field contains the field that triggered this method | FieldObject |