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ThisForm

A data structure that provides information about the state of the current form at the time of the last event in the current window.

The ThisForm data structure provides information about the state of the current form at the time of the last event in the current window.

The ThisForm structure contains a number of fields that are reset when a window containing a form or display becomes the current window. An application program can use the information in the fields to determine what action, if any, to take.

The fields in the ThisForm structure are

  • DisplayTag
  • FFFieldNum
  • FieldChanged
  • FieldTag
  • FormChanged
  • FormNum
  • FormTag
  • ReqError
  • ReqFieldNum
  • ReqFormNum
  • ReqSubscript
  • ReqTag
  • Subscript
  • ValError
  • ValFieldNum
  • ValFormNum
  • ValSubscript
  • ValTag

Syntax # 1 – DisplayTag

The tag of the display that had focus at the time of the last event in the current window.

thisform.displaytag

Return Value

Character string identification tag of the current display. Can be reset by an application program.

Description

Identifies, by identification tag, the display that had focus at the time of the last event in the current window.

Syntax # 2 – FieldChanged

A code indicating if the form field that had focus at the time of the last event in the current window was modified by the application user.

thisform.fieldchanged

Return Value

“1” ($True), or “0” ($False). Can be reset by an application program.

Description

Set to “1” ($True) if the value of the field that had focus changed after the application user was placed in control of the interface. Otherwise, set to “0” ($False).

Syntax # 3 – FFFieldNum

The identification number of the form field that had focus at the time of the last event in the current window.

thisform.fffieldnum

Return Value

A number. Can be reset by an application program.

Description

The identification number of the form field that had focus at the time of the last event in the current window.

The combination of ThisForm.FormNum, ThisForm.Subscript, and ThisForm.FFFieldNum can uniquely identify a particular form field in a particular form.

Example

form set (cursor) (ThisForm.formnum,ThisForm.fffieldnum,ThisForm.subscript)

Syntax # 4 – FieldTag

The tag of the form field that has focus at the time of the last event in the current window.

thisform.fieldtag

Return Value

A character string. Can be reset by an application program.

Description

The identification tag of the focus form field at the time of the last event in the current window.

The combination of ThisForm.FormNum, ThisForm.Subscript, and ThisForm.FFFieldNum can uniquely identify a particular form field in a particular form.

Syntax # 5 – FormChanged

A code indicating if any form field in the form or display had been modified by the application user at the time of the last event in the current window.

thisform.formchanged

Return Value

“1” ($True), or “0” ($False). Can be reset by an application program.

Description

Set to “1” ($True) if the value of any field in the current form or display changed after the application user was placed in control of the interface. Otherwise, set to “0” ($False).

Syntax # 6 – FormNum

The form number of the form that had focus at the time of the last event in the current window.

thisform.formnum

Return Value

A number. Can be reset by an application program.

Description

The identification number of the current form at the time of the last event in the current window.

The combination of ThisForm.FormNum, ThisForm.Subscript, and ThisForm.FFFieldNum can uniquely identify a particular field in a particular form.

Example

form set (cursor) (ThisForm.formnum,ThisForm.fffieldnum,ThisForm.subscript)

Syntax # 7 – FormTag

The identification tag of the form that had focus at the time of the last event in the current window.

thisform.formtag

Return Value

A character string. Can be reset by an application program.

Description

The identification tag of the current form at the time of the last event in the current window.

The combination of ThisForm.FormNum, ThisForm.Subscript, and ThisForm.FFFieldNum can uniquely identify a particular field in a particular form.

Syntax # 8 – ReqError, ReqFieldNum, ReqFormNum, ReqSubscript, ReqTag

thisform.reqerror

thisform.reqfieldnum

thisform.reqformnum

thisform.reqsubscript

thisform.reqtag

Return Value

Character string (binary). Can be reset by an application program. (ReqError)

Character string (alpha). Can be reset by an application program. (ReqTag)

Number (INT). Can be reset by an application program. (ReqFieldNum, ReqFormNum, ReqSubscript)

Description

The variables indicate if all required form fields had values at the time of the last event in the current window.

ThisForm.ReqError is set to ‘1’ ($True) if any required form field in the current form or display has not been completed when an event occurs. Otherwise, it is set to ‘0’ ($False).

If ThisForm.ReqError is ‘1’, then the other variables are set to the form number (ThisForm.ReqFormNum), form field number (ThisForm.ReqFieldNum), subscript (ThisForm.ReqSubScript), and tag (ThisForm.ReqTag) of a required form field that has no value.

Example

while

 form input

  ...commands...

  if ThisForm.reqerror = $true

   form set (focus) (ThisForm.reqformnum,ThisForm.reqfieldnum,ThisForm.reqsubscript)

  continue

 endif

endwhile

If “required” fields in the current form have not been completed, focus is set to one of those fields on the next input request.

Syntax # 9 – Subscript

The instance of the form where focus was located at the time of the last event in the current window.

thisform.subscript

Value

A number. Can be reset by an application program.

Description

Identifies, by number, the instance of the form where focus was located at the time of the last event in the current window (when several instances of the form appear in a display). If the form appears only once, ThisForm.Subscript is always 1.

For example, if a form is repeated eight times in a display, ThisForm.Subscript might be set to any number from 1 to 8. The particular number indicates in which repetition of the form the focus was located.

The combination of ThisForm.FormNum, ThisForm.Subscript, and ThisForm.FFFieldNum can uniquely identify a particular field in a particular form.

Example

form set (cursor) (ThisForm.formnum,ThisForm.fffieldnum,ThisForm.subscript)
find Products where ProdCode = fProducts.ProdCode[ThisForm.subscript]

Syntax # 10 – ValError, ValFieldNum, ValFormNum, ValSubscript, ValTag

thisform.valerror

thisform.valfieldnum

thisform.valformnum

thisform.valsubscript

thisform.valtag

Value

Character string (binary). Can be reset by an application program. (ValError)

Character string (alpha). Can be reset by an application program. (ValTag)

Number (INT). Can be reset by an application program. (ValFieldNum, ValFormNum, ValSubscript)

Description

The variables indicate if all form fields had valid values at the time of the last event in the current window.

ThisForm.ValEror is set to ‘1’ ($True) if any form field in the current form or display contains an invalid value when an event occurs. Otherwise, it is set to ‘0’ ($False).

If ThisForm.ValError is ‘1’, then the other variables are set to the form number (ThisForm.ValFormNum), form field number (ThisForm.ValFieldNum), subscript (ThisForm.ValSubscript), and tag (ThisForm.ValTag) of a form field that has an invalid value.

Example

while

 form input

 ...commands...

 if ThisForm.valerror = $true

  form set (cursor) (ThisForm.valformnum,ThisForm.valfieldnum,ThisForm.valsubscript)

  continue

 endif

endwhile

If fields in the current form failed the validation check, focus is set to one of those fields on the next input request.

See Also

DISPLAY DEFINE

Event

FORM INPUT

MENU INPUT

MENU SET

SCREEN CLEAR

SCREEN RESET

ThisMenu

WINDOW CLOSE

WINDOW OPEN

WINDOW SET

WINDOW SET CURRENT

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