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====== The ZOOM Function ======

Code the following user-defined function, called ZOOM.

<code>
function Zoom(void)

declare function Get_Property, Dialog_Box

declare subroutine Set_Property

$insert Logical

 

*Get the control that has focus and it's control TYPE

Ctrl = Get_Property(@window, "FOCUS")

Type = Get_Property(Ctrl, "TYPE")

 

/* If the control is an edit table, get its position;

if the control TYPE begins with "EDIT", set the variable Aux to null

*/

begin case

  case Type = "EDITTABLE"

    Aux = Get_Property(Ctrl, "SELPOS")

  case Type [1,4] = "EDIT"

    Aux = Get_Property(Ctrl,'DEFPROP')

  case OTHERWISE$

    return

end case

 

/* This code assigns the window's control name or the MDIFRAME's

control name to a variable. */

Parent = @window

Frame = Get_Property(Parent, "MDIFRAME")

if len(Frame) then

   Parent = Frame

end

 

/* Get the default property "DEFPROP" for the control with focus; this

is probably text displayed in the control; then

Display the ZOOM window as a dialog box and pass in to the ZOOM

window's CREATE event the "text" (DEFPROP) from the control with

focus. */

Orig = Get_Property(Ctrl, "DEFPROP", Aux)

Text = Dialog_Box("ZOOM", Parent, Orig)

/* If the variable Text is not null and not equal to Orig, then the

text (DEFPROP) is updated for the control with focus. */

if len(Text) and Text # Orig then

  Set_Property(Ctrl, "DEFPROP", Text, Aux)

end

return Text
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