Spin Control Syntax

Syntax

[%[Z]SMinimum,Maximum[,Increment]%.Width Spin]

Note: You must not have any space characters in the finished command.

Argument	Type	Description
Z	C	Suppresses the display of zero entries.
Minimum	N	The minimum value that can be set.
Maximum	N	The maximum value that can be set
Increment	N	Optional. Default = 1. The amount that the number displayed changes by.
Width	N	The width of the control.
Spin	N	The numeric variable that contains the current value of the control.

Description

The Spin Control increments or decrements a counter. One or more Spin controls may appear inside the Format section of a UI_DLG_BOX() or UI_MODELESS_DLG_BOX() function. The developer should initialize the Spin variable to a value between Minimum and Maximum.

Example

Tbl = table.current()

Original_Filename = tbl.filename_get()

Tbl = table.reset("clients")

spin = 1

date1 = date()

number = 345.23

url = "http://www.alphasoftware.com"

email = "president@alphasoftware.com"

result=ui_dlg_box("Smart Fields",<<%dlg%

{ysize=2}

{region1}

This script demonstrates several kinds of "smart fields".;

{endregion1};

{region=a}

Filename:| [%fText files(*.txt)|Doc files(*.doc)%.52filename];

{lf};

Spin:| [%z;s1,10%.32spin];

{lf};

Field:| [%d%.32field];

{endregion};

The next smart fields are "user defined" smart fields.;

{region=a}

Path:| [%p=ui_get_path("Enter Path","c: ","c:\windows\ ");I=$a5_folder%.30path];

{lf};

Date:| [%P=popup.calendar(dtoc(date1));I=popup.calendar%.30date1];

{lf};

Number: | [%P=popup.calculator(number);I=popup.calculator%.30number];

{lf};

URL: | [%p=popup.url(url);i=popup.url%.50url];

{lf};

Email_A5: | [%p=popup.email_a5(email);i=popup.email%.50email] \(using Alpha Five mail client);

{lf};

Email: | [%p=popup.email(email);i=popup.email%.50email] \(using default mail client);

{endregion};

<*15&OK>;

%dlg% )

table.reset(original_filename)