Text Entry: _getValue

Text Entry: _getValue

Returns the value of a simple numeric text entry field of type NUM, FIXED, or SHORT

Syntax
Details
Example

Syntax

CALL NOTIFY (text-field-name, '_getValue', text-value);

Argument Type Description

text-value
N returns the field's value

Argument	Type	Description
text-value	N	returns the field's value

Details

_getValue is inherited from Widget. The potential for programming errors that exists with successive _setText and _getText statements also applies to _setValue and _getValue. For more information, see _getText in this class.

Example

_getValue puts the value of the field TEXT1 into the numeric SCL variable NVAL:

   call notify ('text1','_get_value_',nval);

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