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Asdwq Qwksf
Asdwq Qwksf

Reputation: 141

OpenEdge: Get clicked column in a browser

I have a browser object and I'm trying to get the number of the column in which the user clicked a cell - is that possible? My browser is called brw-misc so when I try:

brw-misc:CURRENT-COLUMN

I get '?' in return unless I've clicked on the column heading to sort the records before that. 

brw-misc:COLUMN

Always returns '1'.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1699

Answers (2)

bupereira
bupereira

Reputation: 1498

TheDrooper offered some good advice above.

If that column is editable, and clicking it actually gets inside the field (to update the value), then you can query FOCUS:NAME to learn what is the column name you just clicked. It's a handle, all handle attributes apply.

It's going to be way trickier if you don't have the fields enabled, though. You didn't specify if this is client GUI, I'll go ahead and assume it is (rather than Webspeed). You need to capture mouse coordinates using Windows DLLs, your window coordinates (using X and Y attributes), then your browse columns X and Y, and hope that browse is not horizontally scrollable, lol.

If you do all that, you can tell which column they clicked on. Oh, and since (As far as I understood) you're more worried on which column he clicked on, rather than which cell, you're going to value X over Y (but don't forget to test to make sure they actually clicked INSIDE the browse at all).

Off the top of my mind, that's what I can think of. Not sure if it helps, but it might point you somewhere!

Upvotes: 1

TheDrooper
TheDrooper

Reputation: 1217

The CURRENT-COLUMN attribute only works with editable browsers. That's probably why you're getting a null (?). The COLUMN attribute is where the browser is positioned on the frame.

If the browser is editable, you can use 

brw-misc:CURRENT-COLUMN:LABEL

to get the column label. You can then use that to figure out which column number that is.

Upvotes: 2

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