System Reference Summary : 3. System Classes : ExtObjField Class : ExtObjField Methods
 
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ExtObjField Methods
Method
Return
Value
Description
Inherited From
CheckFailedMandatory
(
[setfocusonfailure = smallint])
ActiveField
Checks a mandatory field 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()
ExtObjField
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
InsertObject(extobject=
extobject)
integer
Inserts an external object into the ExtObjField container object
Defined
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
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