Thanks Razzak and All I should have know Property command to the rescue!! Man that command does so much it is hard to keep up with everything it can do.
Thanks again Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 12:41 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: SET VAR vbutton = (CVAL('form_field_name')) > At 01:21 PM 8/30/2005, Marc Schluter wrote: > > >This use to return the name of a Button in 6.5 but does not > >work in 7.5. > >SET VAR vbutton = (CVAL('form_field_name')) > > > >How can this be done in 7.5? What am I missing? > > Marc, > > Actually, in 6.5++ for Windows, the (CVAL('Form_Field_Name')) > return the text caption of that button. > > You can achieve the same functionality in 7.x/V-8 Turbo for > Windows by using the CAPTION property as following: > > -- Start > SET VAR vButton TEXT = NULL > GETPROPERTY <ButtonComponentID> CAPTION vButton > RETURN > -- End > > vButton will return the text caption for that button. > > That's all there is to it! > > For complete details, syntax and examples: > > Building Syntax for PROPERTY Command: > > http://www.rbase.com/property > > Building Syntax for GETPROPERTY Command: > > http://www.rbase.com/getproperty > > or > > Refer to R:Docs (version 2.3 or higher)! > > Have fun. > > Very Best R:egards, > > Razzak. > >
