getvalue()

11.18 getvalue()

With this function, you can inquire attributes of objects.

You can find the attributes available for the relevant object type in the “Object Reference”.

Definition

anyvalue getvalue
(
      object    Obj  input,
      attribute Attr input
  { , integer IntIdx input | index IdxIdx input }
)

Parameters

object Obj input: This parameter indicates the object whose attribute you want to inquire.
attribute Attr input: This parameter indicates the object attribute you want to inquire.
integer IntIdx input index IdxIdx input: With this optional parameter you can declare the index of the requested attribute. You have to declare an integer value if the requested attribute is one-dimensional (e.g. with a listbox or a poptext). You have to declare an index value if the requested attribute is two-dimensional.

Return value

Value of the requested attribute.

Examples

Querying the content in the field 1,1 of a tablefield
```
getvalue(Tablefield, .content, [1,1]);
```
Querying the content of an edittext
```
getvalue(Edittext, .content);
```

With this function you can also change attributes via variables, e.g.

rule void Set(attribute A)
{
  setvalue(Win1, A, true);
  Pb1.sensitive := getvalue(Win2, A);
}