Parent topic: The Dialog class
The ui package / The Dialog class

ui.Dialog methods

Methods of the ui.Dialog class.

Table 1. Class methods
Name Description 
ui.Dialog.createConstructByName(
   fields DYNAMIC ARRAY OF RECORD
                        name STRING,
                        type STRING
                    END RECORD
   )
 Creates a new ui.Dialog object to handle a CONSTRUCT BY NAME. 
ui.Dialog.createDisplayArrayTo(
   fields DYNAMIC ARRAY OF RECORD
                        name STRING,
                        type STRING
                    END RECORD,
   tabname STRING )
 Creates a new ui.Dialog object to handle a DISPLAY ARRAY. 
ui.Dialog.createInputByName(
   fields DYNAMIC ARRAY OF RECORD
                        name STRING,
                        type STRING
                    END RECORD
   )
 Creates a new ui.Dialog object to handle an INPUT BY NAME. 
ui.Dialog.getCurrent()
  RETURNING result ui.Dialog
 Returns the current dialog object. 
ui.Dialog.setDefaultUnbuffered(
   value BOOLEAN )
 Set the default unbuffered mode for all dialogs.
Table 2. Object methods
Name Description 
accept()
 Validates and terminates the dialog. 
addTrigger(
   name STRING )
 Adds an event trigger to the dynamic dialog 
appendNode(
   name STRING,
   index INTEGER )
 Appends a new node in the specified tree-view. 
appendRow(
   name STRING )
 Appends a new row in the specified list. 
deleteAllRows(
   name STRING )
 Deletes all rows from the specified list. 
arrayToVisualIndex(
   name STRING,
   index INTEGER )
 Converts the program array index to the visual index for a given screen array. 
deleteNode(
   name STRING,
   index INTEGER )
 Deletes a node from the specified tree-view. 
deleteRow(
   name STRING,
   index INTEGER )
 Deletes a row from the specified list. 
getArrayLength(
   name STRING )
  RETURNING result INTEGER
 Returns the total number of rows in the specified list. 
getCurrentItem()
  RETURNING result STRING
 Returns the current item having focus. 
getCurrentRow(
   name STRING )
  RETURNING result INTEGER
 Returns the current row of the specified list. 
getFieldBuffer(
   field STRING )
  RETURNING result STRING
 Returns the input buffer of the specified field. 
getFieldTouched(
   field-list STRING )
  RETURNING result BOOLEAN
 Returns the modification flag for a field. 
getFieldValue(
   name STRING )
 Returns the value of a field controlled by a dynamic dialog. 
getForm()
  RETURNING result ui.Form
 Returns the current form used by the dialog. 
getSortKey(
   screen-array STRING )
  RETURNING field-name STRING
 Returns the name of the sort field selected by the user. 
insertNode(
   name STRING,
   index INTEGER )
 Inserts a new node in the specified tree. 
insertRow(
   name STRING,
   index INTEGER )
 Inserts a new row in the specified list. 
isRowSelected(
   name STRING,
   index INTEGER )
  RETURNING result BOOLEAN
 Queries row selection for a give list and row. 
isSortReverse(
   screen-array STRING )
  RETURNING result BOOLEAN
 Indicates the sort order direction (FALSE=ascending, TRUE=descending) 
nextField(
   name STRING )
 Registering the next field to jump to. 
nextEvent()
   RETURNING event STRING
 Waits for a dialog event. 
selectionToString(
   name STRING )
  RETURNING result STRING
 Serializes data of the selected rows. 
setActionActive(
  name STRING,
  active BOOLEAN )
 Enabling and disabling dialog actions. 
setActionHidden(
   name STRING,
   hide BOOLEAN )
 Showing or hiding a default action view. 
setArrayAttributes(
   name STRING,
   attributes ARRAY )
 Define cell decoration attributes array for the specified list (singular or multiple dialogs). 
setArrayLength(
   name STRING,
   len INTEGER )
 Sets the total number of rows in the specified list. 
setCellAttributes(
   attributes ARRAY )
 Define cell decoration attributes array for the specified list (singular dialog only). 
setCompleterItems(
   items-array DYNAMIC ARRAY OF STRING )
 Define autocompletion items for the a field defined with COMPLETER attribute. 
setCurrentRow(
   name STRING,
   row INTEGER )
 Sets the current row in the specified list. 
setFieldActive(
   field-list STRING,
   active BOOLEAN )
 Enable and disable form fields. 
setFieldTouched(
   field-list STRING,
   touched BOOLEAN )
 Sets the modification flag of the specified field. 
setFieldValue(
   name STRING,
   value fgl-type )
 Sets the value of a field controlled by the dialog object. 
setSelectionMode(
   name STRING,
   mode INTEGER )
 Defines the row selection mode for the specified list. 
setSelectionRange(
   name STRING,
   start INTEGER,
   end INTEGER,
   value BOOLEAN )
 Sets the row selection flags for a range of rows. 
validate(
   field-list STRING )
  RETURNING result INTEGER
 Check form level validation rules. 
visualToArrayIndex(
   name STRING,
   index INTEGER )
 Converts the visual index to the program array index for a given screen array.
Parent topic: The Dialog class