Frame Control Methods

Description

The Frame Control has the following methods. The frame control methods are used with a pointer to the control in the following way: .METHOD(). Refer to Retrieving a Pointer to a Control for techniques for getting a pointer.

Methods

.ACTIVATE(): Sets focus to the object.
.CHILD(): Returns an object pointer to the Nth child of the object, or the child object called Object_Name.
.CHILD_ENUM(): Returns a CR-LF separated list of all the child objects on the form, in tab order.
.CHILDREN(): Returns the number of objects that a container object contains. Returns zero if the object is not a container.
.CLASS(): Returns the class (i.e., type) of the object.
.CONTAINER_GET(): Returns the name of the control's container.
.DISABLE(): Makes a form unable to receive focus. May also gray the object. Works with fields, buttons, check boxes, etc.
.ENABLE(): Makes an object able to receive focus.
.EVAL(): Interprets a string as Xbasic code.
.HAS_METHOD(): Returns .T. (TRUE) if the form supports the specified method.
.HIDE(): Hides an object.
.KINDOF(): Returns the kind of object represented by a form.
.NAME(): Returns the object name.
.REFERENCE_EXPRESSION_GET(): Returns the reference expression to reconstruct a reference to the object.
.REFRESH(): Forces a control to re-fetch data from its data source, and then to repaint itself. Works with all controls.
.REPAINT(): Re-displays a control.
.SESSIONHANDLE(): Returns the session handle associated with the object.
.SHOW(): Shows an object that may previously have been hidden using the .HIDE() method. Works with fields, buttons, check boxes, text, lines and most other objects on forms.
.TYPE(): Returns the type of data bound to an object.