ui.Dialog.setFieldValue

Sets the value of a field controlled by the dialog object.

Syntax

setFieldValue(
   name STRING,
   value fgl-type )

name is the name of the field.
value is the value to be set.

Usage

The setFieldValue() method can be used when implementing a dynamic dialog, to set the value of a field:

DEFINE default_address STRING,
       default_creadate DATE
...
CALL d.setFieldValue( "customer.cust_addr", default_address )
CALL d.setFieldValue( "customer.cust_creadate", default_creadate )

The first parameter defines the field to be set. For more details about field name specification, see Identifying fields in dialog methods.

When used in a dynamic dialog controlling a list of records, this methods sets the value for a field in the current row. The current row can be set with the setCurrentRow() method. This is also true when filling the dynamic dialog with rows: You must first set the current row with setCurrentRow(), then set field (i.e. cell values) with setFieldValue().

Example

The following code example implements a FOR loop to copy values of all fields of the d_disparr dialog to the field of the d_recinp dialog:

DEFINE row, i INTEGER,
       h base.SqlHandle,
       fields DYNAMIC ARRAY OF RECORD
                  name STRING,
                  type STRING
              END RECORD
       d_rec ui.Dialog,
       d_list ui.Dialog
...
    -- Fill the array with rows from an SqlHandle object
    CALL h.open()
    LET row = 0
    WHILE status == 0
        -- must set the current row before setting values
        CALL d_list.setCurrentRow("sr_custlist", row:=row+1 )
        FOR i = 1 TO h.getResultCount()
            CALL d_list.setFieldValue( h.getResultName(i), h.getResultValue(i) )
        END FOR
        CALL h.fetch()
    END WHILE
    CALL d_list.setCurrentRow("sr_custlist", 1)
...
    -- Copy field values from d_list to d_rec dialog
    FOR i=1 TO fields.getLength()
        CALL d_rec.setFieldValue( fields[i].name,
               d_list.getFieldValue( fields[i].name )
             )
    END FOR