Retrieve information and data

The Genero BDL API for GGC provides functions for retrieving information and data when testing applications.

Table 1. Functions for retrieving information and data
Function	Description
`getActions() RETURNS DYNAMIC ARRAY OF ggc.Action`	Returns the list of actions in the tested application.
`getButtonText( buttonName STRING) RETURNS STRING`	Get the text from the specified button.
`getDialogComment() RETURNS STRING`	Get the comment from a dialog.
`getFieldValue( fieldName STRING) RETURNS STRING`	Return the value in a specified form field.
`getFieldValues( name STRING) RETURNS DYNAMIC ARRAY OF STRING`	Return a list of values from a table, tree, or screen record.
`getFieldTTYAttributes( name STRING) RETURNS DYNAMIC ARRAY OF STRING`	Return a list of the terminal (TTY) attributes of a form field.
`getFocus() RETURNS STRING`	Return the name of the current focused element.
`getFormName() RETURNS STRING`	Get the current form name.
`getFormTitle() RETURNS STRING`	Get the current form title.
`getUserData( keyName STRING) RETURNS STRING`	Return the value of the user data.
`getValue() RETURNS STRING`	Return the value in the current field.
`getValues() RETURNS DYNAMIC ARRAY OF STRING`	Returns the values of the current row of the current table, tree, or matrix.
`getWidgetType( fieldName STRING) RETURNS STRING`	Return the widget type of the specified field.
`getWindowName() RETURNS STRING`	Get the current window name.
`getWindowTitle() RETURNS STRING`	Get the current window title.