Data Set Data Model: _getViewerAttribute

Data Set Data Model: _getViewerAttribute

Returns the value of a viewer attribute for a particular column

Syntax
Details

Syntax

CALL SEND (object-id, '_getViewerAttribute', col-name, attr-name, attr-value-1<...attr-value-n>);

Argument Type Description

col-name
C specifies the name of the column for which to get the attribute.

attr-name
C specifies the name of the viewer attribute to be returned.

attr-value
C|N specifies the value of the viewer attribute to be returned. Multiple values are returned when the viewer attribute has more than one value. For example, viewer attribute BDRSTYLE has two values, one for the type of border and the second for the area of the window.

Argument	Type	Description
col-name	C	specifies the name of the column for which to get the attribute.
attr-name	C	specifies the name of the viewer attribute to be returned.
attr-value	C\|N	specifies the value of the viewer attribute to be returned. Multiple values are returned when the viewer attribute has more than one value. For example, viewer attribute BDRSTYLE has two values, one for the type of border and the second for the area of the window.

Details

This method allows you to get a viewer attribute by passing in the column name with the viewer attribute and a variable to hold the value of the viewer attribute. See the _setViewerAttribute method for a list of the attributes that can be returned by _getViewerAttribute.

Note: The _getViewerAttribute method can only be called from the model's SCL. [cautionend]

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