Table 6–1: List of client logic API functions
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Function
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Description
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assignFocusedWidget
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assignWidgetValue
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Takes the name of one object and a character screen value as input and sets the SCREEN-VALUE of the object.
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assignWidgetValueList
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Takes the name of one or more objects and character screen values and a delimiter as input and sets the SCREEN-VALUE of the objects.
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blankWidget
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Blanks the SCREEN-VALUE of the objects in the namelist.
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disableWidget
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Disables the objects identified in the namelist.
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enableWidget
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Enables the objects identified in the namelist.
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formattedWidgetValue
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Returns the SCREEN-VALUE of the object, or in the case of a browse column when in a ROW-DISPLAY trigger, the STRING-VALUE from the RowObject buffer field.
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formattedWidgetValueList
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Takes the name of one or more objects and returns the SCREEN-VALUE of the object or objects.
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hideWidget
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Hides the objects identified in the namelist (and their pop-up buttons).
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highlightWidget
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Sets the background and foreground colors (FGCOLOR and BGCOLOR widget attributes) of the named objects to a standard highlight color, depending on the value of the highlightType argument.
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toggleWidget
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Reverses the value of one or more objects of type LOGICAL in the namelist.
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viewWidget
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Views the objects identified in the namelist (and their pop-up buttons).
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widgetHandle
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Returns the handle of the requested object.
Caution: Future versions of Progress Dynamics might not automatically migrate calls to this function. Try to avoid using it. If you do use it, keep track of its use so that you can quickly locate potential migration issues later.
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widgetIsBlank
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Returns TRUE if the widget is blank, otherwise FALSE.
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widgetIsTrue
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Returns TRUE if the value of a LOGICAL object is TRUE, otherwise FALSE.
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widgetValue
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For most objects, returns the INPUT-VALUE of the object.
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widgetValueList
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Takes the name of one or more objects and a delimiter and returns the INPUT-VALUE of the object.
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