Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
ADM Reference

hideWidget

Hides the object or objects identified in the namelist (and their popup buttons). For SmartDataFields, it invokes the hideObject method.

Location: visual.p

Parameters:

INPUT namelist AS CHARACTER

The name of one or more objects, separated by commas.

Returns: LOGICAL

Notes: None

Examples:

The following illustrates the use of this method in 4GL code for use with a graphical user interface:

IF widgetIsTrue("Self.Current":U)THEN hideWidget("Browse.Balance":U).

The following illustrates the use of this method in DHTML code for use with a Web browser:

if (logic.widgetIsTrue(‘familyviewv.coveredonbenefits’)) logic.hideWidget(‘customerfullo.browse.balance’);