List Box: _getLastSel

List Box: _getLastSel

Returns the row number and text of the most recently selected or deselected list box item

Syntax
Example

Syntax

CALL NOTIFY (list-box-name, '_getLastSel', row-number, is-selected<text>);

Argument Type Description

row-number
N returns the row number of the most recently selected or deselected item, or 0 if no selections have occurred

is-selected
N returns a value indicating whether the item is still selected:

>0 the item is selected. (This value is the order in which the item was selected relative to the other items currently selected. For example, if the item was the second item selected, this value would be 2.)

0 the item is not selected

text C returns the text of the list box item

Argument	Type	Description
row-number	N	returns the row number of the most recently selected or deselected item, or 0 if no selections have occurred
is-selected	N	returns a value indicating whether the item is still selected:
		>0	the item is selected. (This value is the order in which the item was selected relative to the other items currently selected. For example, if the item was the second item selected, this value would be 2.)
		0	the item is not selected
text	C	returns the text of the list box item

Example

_getLastSel returns the last item and row selected in LISTBOX1:

length text $ 24;
call notify('listbox1','_get_last_sel_',
             row,issel,text);
if (row=0)
  _msg_="No selections have occurred';
if issel^=0 then
   _msg_="The last selected item was :
         " || text || " at row : " || row;
else
   _msg_="The last deselected item was :
         " || text || " at row : " || row;

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