List Box (Multi-Field Multi-Column) Control Syntax

Syntax

[Width["],Height["].Variable_Name^|n1|n2|nN|Choices[!Event][?Enabled]]

Note: You must not have any space characters in the finished command, except those that may be inside entries in the Choices list.

Argument	Type	Description
[ ^ ]	C	The leading [ and trailing ] and the ^ characters are required..
Width	N	The width of the control.
Height	N	The height of the control.
Variable_Name	C	The name of a character variable to receive the user selection, or a numeric variable to receive the index value of the selected radio button. The index of the top-most button is 1.
n1,n2 ... nN		Integer values that control the size of each column in the list box. For example, if you specified a formatting string of \|1\|2\|, the list box would be divided into two columns. The total width of the list box would be 3 'logical' units (1+2). Column 1 would be 1 logical unit wide, (or 1/3 of the total width of the list box), and column 2 would be 2 logical units wide (or 2/3 of the total width of the list box). A formatting string of \|2\|5\|2\|7\| would divide the list into 4 columns, with column widths respectively of 2/16ths, 5/16ths, 2/16ths and 7/16ths or the column width specified by the size parameter.
Choices	C	See Choices Syntax. You must either use the use {DATA} command or the K Directive to preserve the formatting of selected items.
Event	C	Optional. See Event Syntax.
Enabled	L	Optional. See Enabled Syntax.

Description

The Tabbed List Box control displays a list box with multiple columns. The entries in the choice_array or choice_variable are separated into columns with the "|" (tab) character.

Note: You must have an Event if you want to respond to the user's selection in the Code section of the dialog box. [Picture]

Dim employees[100] as C

names = <<%a%

1 Smith Fred Boston Programmer

2 Jones Jenny Boston Designer

3 Isaacs Hank Ithaca Programmer

4 Wayne Ira Boston Accounting

5 Perlow Peter Ithaca Developer

%a%

employees.initialize(names)

result=ui_dlg_box("Employees",<<%dlg%

Employees:;

[.64,10selected^|1|1|3|1|1|employees] ;

<*&OK>

%dlg% )