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READONLY Property

Applies To

Editline, EditBox, RichTextBox

Description

A boolean property to set or retrieve the control's READONLY status.

Usage

readOnly = Get_Property(objectname,”READONLY”)

existingReadOnly = Set_Property(objectname,”READONLY”, bValue)

Remarks

Values passed in Set_Property():

ValueDescription
bValueBoolean true (1) or false (0)

Returns

Values returned by Get_Property and Set_Property

ValueDescription
readOnlyThe Boolean status of the control’s READONLY status.
existingReadOnlyThe Boolean status of the control’s READONLY status, when Set_Property was run.

See Also

ENABLED property

Example

Declare function Get_Property, Set_Property

/* retrieve the current READONLY property of an editline and toggle to its Boolean opposite */

ctrlName = @window : ".EDITLINE_1"

readOnly = Get_Property(ctrlName,"READONLY")

if readOnly then

   readOnly = 0

end else

   readOnly = 1

end

eReadOnly = Set_Property(ctrlName,"READONLY",readOnly)