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October 2015 Last updated with new content: Release 11.6.0 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 3 Notices 4 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference Table of Contents Preface...........................................................................................................55 Purpose.................................................................................................................................................55 Audience...............................................................................................................................................56 Organization..........................................................................................................................................56 Using this manual..................................................................................................................................56 References to ABL compiler and run-time features....................................................................56 References to ABL data types....................................................................................................57 Structure of reference entries.....................................................................................................57 Platform-restriction notes............................................................................................................57 Typographical conventions....................................................................................................................58 Examples of syntax descriptions...........................................................................................................59 Long syntax descriptions split across lines................................................................................61 Example procedures.............................................................................................................................61 OpenEdge messages............................................................................................................................62 Obtaining more information about OpenEdge messages...........................................................63 Chapter 1: ABL Syntax Reference..............................................................65 : Punctuation.........................................................................................................................................65 :: Punctuation........................................................................................................................................66 . Punctuation..........................................................................................................................................66 ; Punctuation.........................................................................................................................................67 , Punctuation.........................................................................................................................................67 ; Special character.................................................................................................................................67 ? Special character................................................................................................................................68 \ Special character.................................................................................................................................69 ~ Special character...............................................................................................................................69 " Special character................................................................................................................................70 ' Special character.................................................................................................................................70 / Special character.................................................................................................................................70 ( ) Expression precedence....................................................................................................................70 [ ] Array reference..................................................................................................................................71 = Special character...............................................................................................................................71 < Special character...............................................................................................................................71 < = Special character............................................................................................................................71 < > Special character............................................................................................................................71 > Special character...............................................................................................................................71 > = Special character............................................................................................................................71 " "Character-string literal.......................................................................................................................72 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 5 { } Argument reference..........................................................................................................................73 { } Include file reference.........................................................................................................................75 { } Preprocessor name reference..........................................................................................................79 &GLOBAL-DEFINE preprocessor directive...........................................................................................83 &IF, &THEN, &ELSEIF, &ELSE, and &ENDIF preprocessor directives.................................................84 &MESSAGE preprocessor directive......................................................................................................86 &SCOPED-DEFINE preprocessor directive..........................................................................................87 &UNDEFINE preprocessor directive.....................................................................................................88 /* Multi-line comments */........................................................................................................................88 // Single-line comments.........................................................................................................................89 + Unary positive operator......................................................................................................................90 + Addition operator................................................................................................................................91 + Concatenation operator......................................................................................................................92 + Date addition operator........................................................................................................................93 + Datetime addition operator.................................................................................................................94 - Unary negative operator......................................................................................................................96 - Subtraction operator............................................................................................................................96 - Date subtraction operator....................................................................................................................97 - Datetime subtraction operator.............................................................................................................98 * Multiplication operator.......................................................................................................................100 / Division operator...............................................................................................................................101 ABSOLUTE function............................................................................................................................101 ACCUM function..................................................................................................................................102 ACCUMULATE statement...................................................................................................................103 ACTIVE-FORM system reference.......................................................................................................105 ADD-INTERVAL function.....................................................................................................................106 Aggregate phrase................................................................................................................................107 ALIAS function.....................................................................................................................................110 AMBIGUOUS function.........................................................................................................................110 AND operator (bitwise)........................................................................................................................112 AND operator (logical).........................................................................................................................112 APPLY statement................................................................................................................................113 ASC function.......................................................................................................................................115 Assignment (=) statement...................................................................................................................117 ASSIGN statement..............................................................................................................................122 AT phrase............................................................................................................................................128 AUDIT-ENABLED function...................................................................................................................131 AVAILABLE function............................................................................................................................131 BASE64-DECODE function.................................................................................................................132 BASE64-ENCODE function.................................................................................................................133 BEGINS operator................................................................................................................................133 BELL statement...................................................................................................................................135 BLOCK-LEVEL ON ERROR UNDO, THROW statement....................................................................136 BOX function.......................................................................................................................................138 BUFFER-COMPARE statement..........................................................................................................141 6 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference BUFFER-COPY statement..................................................................................................................144 BUFFER-GROUP-ID function.............................................................................................................147 BUFFER-GROUP-NAME function......................................................................................................148 BUFFER-PARTITION-ID function........................................................................................................148 BUFFER-TENANT-ID function............................................................................................................149 BUFFER-TENANT-NAME function......................................................................................................150 CALL statement...................................................................................................................................150 CAN-DO function.................................................................................................................................151 CAN-FIND function..............................................................................................................................155 CAN-QUERY function.........................................................................................................................158 CAN-SET function...............................................................................................................................159 CAPS function.....................................................................................................................................159 CASE statement..................................................................................................................................160 CAST function.....................................................................................................................................162 CATCH statement................................................................................................................................164 CHOOSE statement............................................................................................................................173 CHR function.......................................................................................................................................178 Class-based data member access......................................................................................................179 Class-based method call.....................................................................................................................183 Class-based object reference..............................................................................................................186 Class-based property access..............................................................................................................188 CLASS statement................................................................................................................................193 CLEAR statement................................................................................................................................213 CLOSE QUERY statement..................................................................................................................214 CLOSE STORED-PROCEDURE statement.......................................................................................216 CODEPAGE-CONVERT function........................................................................................................218 COLOR phrase....................................................................................................................................219 COLOR statement...............................................................................................................................223 COMBO-BOX phrase..........................................................................................................................225 COMPARE function.............................................................................................................................229 COMPILE statement...........................................................................................................................232 CONNECT statement..........................................................................................................................262 CONNECTED function........................................................................................................................269 CONSTRUCTOR statement................................................................................................................270 COPY-LOB statement.........................................................................................................................274 COUNT-OF function............................................................................................................................278 CREATE statement.............................................................................................................................279 CREATE ALIAS statement..................................................................................................................283 CREATE automation object statement................................................................................................286 CREATE BROWSE statement.............................................................................................................292 CREATE BUFFER statement..............................................................................................................295 CREATE CALL statement...................................................................................................................298 CREATE CLIENT-PRINCIPAL statement............................................................................................299 CREATE DATABASE statement..........................................................................................................300 CREATE DATASET statement.............................................................................................................303 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 7 CREATE DATA-SOURCE statement...................................................................................................304 CREATE QUERY statement................................................................................................................305 CREATE SAX-ATTRIBUTES statement..............................................................................................306 CREATE SAX-READER statement.....................................................................................................310 CREATE SAX-WRITER statement......................................................................................................311 CREATE SERVER statement..............................................................................................................313 CREATE SERVER-SOCKET statement..............................................................................................314 CREATE SOAP-HEADER statement..................................................................................................315 CREATE SOAP-HEADER-ENTRYREF statement..............................................................................316 CREATE SOCKET statement..............................................................................................................317 CREATE TEMP-TABLE statement......................................................................................................318 CREATE widget statement..................................................................................................................320 CREATE WIDGET-POOL statement...................................................................................................323 CREATE X-DOCUMENT statement....................................................................................................326 CREATE X-NODEREF statement.......................................................................................................327 CURRENT-CHANGED function..........................................................................................................328 CURRENT-LANGUAGE function.........................................................................................................330 CURRENT-LANGUAGE statement......................................................................................................331 CURRENT-RESULT-ROW function.....................................................................................................332 CURRENT-VALUE function.................................................................................................................333 CURRENT-VALUE statement..............................................................................................................335 Data types...........................................................................................................................................337 DATASERVERS function.....................................................................................................................357 DATA-SOURCE-MODIFIED function...................................................................................................358 DATE function......................................................................................................................................358 DATETIME function.............................................................................................................................361 DATETIME-TZ function........................................................................................................................363 DAY function........................................................................................................................................365 DBCODEPAGE function......................................................................................................................366 DBCOLLATION function......................................................................................................................367 DBNAME function...............................................................................................................................368 DBPARAM function.............................................................................................................................369 DB-REMOTE-HOST function..............................................................................................................370 DBRESTRICTIONS function...............................................................................................................371 DBTASKID function.............................................................................................................................373 DBTYPE function................................................................................................................................374 DBVERSION function..........................................................................................................................375 DDE ADVISE statement......................................................................................................................376 DDE EXECUTE statement..................................................................................................................378 DDE GET statement............................................................................................................................379 DDE INITIATE statement.....................................................................................................................381 DDE REQUEST statement..................................................................................................................383 DDE SEND statement.........................................................................................................................385 DDE TERMINATE statement...............................................................................................................387 DECIMAL function...............................................................................................................................388 8 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference DECRYPT function..............................................................................................................................389 DEFINE BROWSE statement..............................................................................................................391 DEFINE BUFFER statement...............................................................................................................404 DEFINE BUTTON statement...............................................................................................................410 DEFINE DATASET statement..............................................................................................................418 DEFINE DATA-SOURCE statement....................................................................................................427 DEFINE ENUM statement...................................................................................................................429 DEFINE EVENT statement.................................................................................................................429 DEFINE FRAME statement.................................................................................................................436 DEFINE IMAGE statement..................................................................................................................445 DEFINE MENU statement...................................................................................................................449 DEFINE PARAMETER statement.......................................................................................................455 DEFINE PROPERTY statement..........................................................................................................469 DEFINE QUERY statement.................................................................................................................488 DEFINE RECTANGLE statement........................................................................................................494 DEFINE STREAM statement..............................................................................................................498 DEFINE SUB-MENU statement..........................................................................................................500 DEFINE TEMP-TABLE statement.......................................................................................................506 DEFINE VARIABLE statement............................................................................................................519 DEFINE WORK-TABLE statement......................................................................................................533 DEFINE WORKFILE statement...........................................................................................................539 DEFINED preprocessor function.........................................................................................................539 DELETE statement..............................................................................................................................540 DELETE ALIAS statement..................................................................................................................543 DELETE OBJECT statement..............................................................................................................544 DELETE PROCEDURE statement......................................................................................................549 DELETE WIDGET statement..............................................................................................................552 DELETE WIDGET-POOL statement....................................................................................................554 DESTRUCTOR statement...................................................................................................................557 DICTIONARY statement......................................................................................................................558 DISABLE statement............................................................................................................................559 DISABLE TRIGGERS statement.........................................................................................................562 DISCONNECT statement....................................................................................................................564 DISPLAY statement.............................................................................................................................566 DO statement......................................................................................................................................574 DOS statement....................................................................................................................................583 DOWN statement................................................................................................................................584 DYNAMIC-CAST function....................................................................................................................585 DYNAMIC-CURRENT-VALUE function...............................................................................................587 DYNAMIC-CURRENT-VALUE statement............................................................................................589 DYNAMIC-ENUM function...................................................................................................................590 DYNAMIC-FUNCTION function...........................................................................................................591 DYNAMIC-INVOKE function................................................................................................................593 DYNAMIC-NEW statement..................................................................................................................594 DYNAMIC-NEXT-VALUE function.......................................................................................................598 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 9 DYNAMIC-PROPERTY function..........................................................................................................599 DYNAMIC-PROPERTY statement......................................................................................................601 EDITING phrase..................................................................................................................................602 EDITOR phrase...................................................................................................................................604 EMPTY TEMP-TABLE statement........................................................................................................608 ENABLE statement.............................................................................................................................609 ENCODE function...............................................................................................................................614 ENCRYPT function..............................................................................................................................615 END statement....................................................................................................................................617 ENTERED function..............................................................................................................................618 ENTRY function...................................................................................................................................619 ENTRY statement................................................................................................................................621 ENUM statement.................................................................................................................................623 Enumeration member access..............................................................................................................632 EQ or = operator.................................................................................................................................633 ERROR function..................................................................................................................................634 ETIME function....................................................................................................................................635 EXP function........................................................................................................................................636 EXPORT statement.............................................................................................................................637 Expression...........................................................................................................................................641 EXTENT function.................................................................................................................................645 EXTENT statement.............................................................................................................................646 FILL function........................................................................................................................................648 FINALLY statement.............................................................................................................................649 FIND statement...................................................................................................................................653 FIRST function....................................................................................................................................663 FIRST-OF function...............................................................................................................................664 FIX-CODEPAGE statement.................................................................................................................664 FOR statement....................................................................................................................................665 FORM statement.................................................................................................................................681 Format phrase.....................................................................................................................................688 Frame phrase......................................................................................................................................697 FRAME-COL function..........................................................................................................................711 FRAME-DB function............................................................................................................................712 FRAME-DOWN function......................................................................................................................713 FRAME-FIELD function.......................................................................................................................714 FRAME-FILE function.........................................................................................................................715 FRAME-INDEX function......................................................................................................................716 FRAME-LINE function.........................................................................................................................717 FRAME-NAME function.......................................................................................................................718 FRAME-ROW function........................................................................................................................720 FRAME-VALUE function.....................................................................................................................721 FRAME-VALUE statement..................................................................................................................722 FUNCTION statement.........................................................................................................................723 GATEWAYS function...........................................................................................................................730 10 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference GE or >= operator...............................................................................................................................731 GENERATE-PBE-KEY function...........................................................................................................732 GENERATE-PBE-SALT function.........................................................................................................733 GENERATE-RANDOM-KEY function..................................................................................................733 GENERATE-UUID function.................................................................................................................734 GET statement....................................................................................................................................734 GET-BITS function...............................................................................................................................737 GET-BYTE function.............................................................................................................................738 GET-BYTE-ORDER function...............................................................................................................739 GET-BYTES function...........................................................................................................................739 GET-CLASS function...........................................................................................................................740 GET-CODEPAGE function...................................................................................................................741 GET-CODEPAGES function................................................................................................................741 GET-COLLATION function...................................................................................................................742 GET-COLLATIONS function................................................................................................................742 GET-DB-CLIENT function....................................................................................................................743 GET-DOUBLE function........................................................................................................................745 GET-EFFECTIVE-TENANT-ID function...............................................................................................745 GET-EFFECTIVE-TENANT-NAME function........................................................................................746 GET-FLOAT function............................................................................................................................747 GET-INT64 function.............................................................................................................................747 GET-KEY-VALUE statement................................................................................................................749 GET-LONG function............................................................................................................................752 GET-POINTER-VALUE function..........................................................................................................752 GET-SHORT function..........................................................................................................................754 GET-SIZE function...............................................................................................................................755 GET-STRING function.........................................................................................................................756 GET-UNSIGNED-LONG function........................................................................................................757 GET-UNSIGNED-SHORT function......................................................................................................757 GO-PENDING function........................................................................................................................758 GT or > operator..................................................................................................................................759 GUID function......................................................................................................................................760 HANDLE function................................................................................................................................761 HEX-DECODE function.......................................................................................................................762 HEX-ENCODE function.......................................................................................................................763 HIDE statement...................................................................................................................................763 IF...THEN...ELSE function...................................................................................................................766 IF...THEN...ELSE statement................................................................................................................767 Image phrase......................................................................................................................................768 IMPORT statement..............................................................................................................................771 INDEX function....................................................................................................................................777 INPUT function....................................................................................................................................778 INPUT CLEAR statement....................................................................................................................780 INPUT CLOSE statement....................................................................................................................781 INPUT FROM statement.....................................................................................................................782 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 11 INPUT THROUGH statement..............................................................................................................788 INPUT-OUTPUT CLOSE statement....................................................................................................792 INPUT-OUTPUT THROUGH statement..............................................................................................793 INSERT statement..............................................................................................................................797 INT64 function.....................................................................................................................................801 INTEGER function...............................................................................................................................802 INTERFACE statement........................................................................................................................803 INTERVAL function..............................................................................................................................814 IS-ATTR-SPACE function....................................................................................................................814 IS-CODEPAGE-FIXED function..........................................................................................................815 IS-COLUMN-CODEPAGE function.....................................................................................................815 IS-DB-MULTI-TENANT function..........................................................................................................816 IS-LEAD-BYTE function......................................................................................................................816 ISO-DATE function..............................................................................................................................817 KBLABEL function...............................................................................................................................817 KEYCODE function.............................................................................................................................818 KEYFUNCTION function.....................................................................................................................820 KEYLABEL function............................................................................................................................821 KEYWORD function............................................................................................................................822 KEYWORD-ALL function.....................................................................................................................823 LAST function......................................................................................................................................824 LASTKEY function...............................................................................................................................825 LAST-OF function................................................................................................................................826 LC function..........................................................................................................................................827 LDBNAME function.............................................................................................................................828 LE or < = operator...............................................................................................................................830 LEAVE statement................................................................................................................................831 LEFT-TRIM function............................................................................................................................832 LENGTH function................................................................................................................................833 LENGTH statement.............................................................................................................................835 LIBRARY function................................................................................................................................836 LINE-COUNTER function....................................................................................................................837 LIST-EVENTS function........................................................................................................................838 LIST-QUERY-ATTRS function..............................................................................................................840 LIST-SET-ATTRS function...................................................................................................................841 LIST-WIDGETS function......................................................................................................................841 LOAD statement..................................................................................................................................842 LOAD-PICTURE statement.................................................................................................................846 LOCKED function................................................................................................................................847 LOG function.......................................................................................................................................848 LOGICAL function...............................................................................................................................849 Logical values......................................................................................................................................850 LOOKUP function................................................................................................................................851 LT or < operator...................................................................................................................................852 MATCHES operator.............................................................................................................................853 12 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference MAXIMUM function.............................................................................................................................855 MD5-DIGEST function.........................................................................................................................856 MEMBER function...............................................................................................................................856 MESSAGE statement..........................................................................................................................857 MESSAGE-DIGEST function..............................................................................................................864 MESSAGE-LINES function.................................................................................................................865 METHOD statement............................................................................................................................866 MINIMUM function...............................................................................................................................875 MODULO operator..............................................................................................................................876 MONTH function..................................................................................................................................877 MTIME function...................................................................................................................................878 NE or <> operator................................................................................................................................879 NEW function (classes).......................................................................................................................880 NEW function (record buffers).............................................................................................................884 NEW statement...................................................................................................................................885 NEXT statement..................................................................................................................................888 NEXT-PROMPT statement..................................................................................................................889 NEXT-VALUE function.........................................................................................................................890 NORMALIZE function..........................................................................................................................892 NOT operator (bitwise)........................................................................................................................893 NOT operator (logical).........................................................................................................................894 NOT ENTERED function.....................................................................................................................894 NOW function......................................................................................................................................895 NUM-ALIASES function......................................................................................................................896 NUM-DBS function..............................................................................................................................897 NUM-ENTRIES function......................................................................................................................897 NUM-RESULTS function.....................................................................................................................899 ON ENDKEY phrase...........................................................................................................................901 ON ERROR phrase.............................................................................................................................903 ON QUIT phrase.................................................................................................................................907 ON statement......................................................................................................................................909 ON STOP phrase................................................................................................................................914 OPEN QUERY statement....................................................................................................................917 OPSYS function..................................................................................................................................923 OR operator (bitwise)..........................................................................................................................924 OR operator (logical)...........................................................................................................................925 OS-APPEND statement......................................................................................................................925 OS-COMMAND statement..................................................................................................................927 OS-COPY statement...........................................................................................................................928 OS-CREATE-DIR statement................................................................................................................930 OS-DELETE statement.......................................................................................................................931 OS-DRIVES function...........................................................................................................................932 OS-ERROR function...........................................................................................................................933 OS-GETENV function..........................................................................................................................935 OS-RENAME statement......................................................................................................................936 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 13 OUTPUT CLOSE statement................................................................................................................937 OUTPUT THROUGH statement..........................................................................................................939 OUTPUT TO statement.......................................................................................................................942 OVERLAY statement...........................................................................................................................950 PAGE statement..................................................................................................................................953 PAGE-NUMBER function....................................................................................................................954 PAGE-SIZE function............................................................................................................................954 Parameter definition syntax.................................................................................................................955 Parameter passing syntax...................................................................................................................962 PAUSE statement................................................................................................................................976 PDBNAME function.............................................................................................................................977 PRESELECT phrase...........................................................................................................................978 PROC-HANDLE function.....................................................................................................................981 PROC-STATUS function......................................................................................................................982 PROCEDURE statement.....................................................................................................................983 PROCESS-ARCHITECTURE function................................................................................................989 PROCESS EVENTS statement...........................................................................................................990 PROGRAM-NAME function.................................................................................................................991 PROGRESS function..........................................................................................................................994 PROMPT-FOR statement....................................................................................................................995 PROMSGS function..........................................................................................................................1003 PROMSGS statement.......................................................................................................................1003 PROPATH function............................................................................................................................1004 PROPATH statement.........................................................................................................................1005 PROVERSION function.....................................................................................................................1007 PUBLISH statement..........................................................................................................................1008 PUT CURSOR statement..................................................................................................................1011 PUT SCREEN statement..................................................................................................................1013 PUT statement..................................................................................................................................1016 PUT-BITS statement..........................................................................................................................1020 PUT-BYTE statement........................................................................................................................1021 PUT-BYTES statement......................................................................................................................1022 PUT-DOUBLE statement...................................................................................................................1023 PUT-FLOAT statement.......................................................................................................................1024 PUT-INT64 statement........................................................................................................................1025 PUT-KEY-VALUE statement..............................................................................................................1026 PUT-LONG statement.......................................................................................................................1031 PUT-SHORT statement.....................................................................................................................1032 PUT-STRING statement....................................................................................................................1033 PUT-UNSIGNED-LONG statement...................................................................................................1034 PUT-UNSIGNED-SHORT statement.................................................................................................1035 QUERY-OFF-END function...............................................................................................................1036 QUERY-TUNING phrase...................................................................................................................1037 QUIT statement.................................................................................................................................1040 QUOTER function..............................................................................................................................1041 14 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference R-INDEX function..............................................................................................................................1044 RADIO-SET phrase...........................................................................................................................1046 RANDOM function.............................................................................................................................1048 RAW function.....................................................................................................................................1049 RAW statement.................................................................................................................................1050 RAW-TRANSFER statement.............................................................................................................1051 READKEY statement........................................................................................................................1054 RECID function..................................................................................................................................1056 Record phrase...................................................................................................................................1058 RECORD-LENGTH function.............................................................................................................1069 REJECTED function..........................................................................................................................1070 RELEASE statement.........................................................................................................................1070 RELEASE EXTERNAL statement.....................................................................................................1073 RELEASE OBJECT statement..........................................................................................................1073 REPEAT statement............................................................................................................................1076 REPLACE function............................................................................................................................1085 REPOSITION statement...................................................................................................................1086 RETRY function.................................................................................................................................1091 RETURN statement...........................................................................................................................1092 RETURN-VALUE function.................................................................................................................1097 RGB-VALUE function........................................................................................................................1097 RIGHT-TRIM function........................................................................................................................1098 ROUND function................................................................................................................................1100 ROUTINE-LEVEL ON ERROR UNDO, THROW statement..............................................................1100 ROW-STATE function........................................................................................................................1103 ROWID function.................................................................................................................................1104 RUN statement..................................................................................................................................1106 RUN STORED-PROCEDURE statement..........................................................................................1127 RUN SUPER statement....................................................................................................................1130 SAVE CACHE statement...................................................................................................................1133 SCREEN-LINES function..................................................................................................................1136 SCROLL statement...........................................................................................................................1136 SDBNAME function...........................................................................................................................1142 SEARCH function..............................................................................................................................1143 SEEK function...................................................................................................................................1145 SEEK statement................................................................................................................................1146 SELECTION-LIST phrase.................................................................................................................1148 SET statement...................................................................................................................................1152 SET-BYTE-ORDER statement..........................................................................................................1159 SET-DB-CLIENT function..................................................................................................................1161 SET-EFFECTIVE-TENANT function..................................................................................................1165 SET-POINTER-VALUE statement.....................................................................................................1167 SET-SIZE statement..........................................................................................................................1168 SETUSERID function........................................................................................................................1169 SHA1-DIGEST function.....................................................................................................................1172 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 15 SHOW-STATS statement...................................................................................................................1173 SIZE phrase......................................................................................................................................1174 SLIDER phrase.................................................................................................................................1175 SQRT function...................................................................................................................................1178 SSL-SERVER-NAME function...........................................................................................................1179 STATUS statement............................................................................................................................1179 STOP statement................................................................................................................................1181 STRING function...............................................................................................................................1182 SUBSCRIBE statement.....................................................................................................................1184 SUBSTITUTE function......................................................................................................................1187 SUBSTRING function........................................................................................................................1189 SUBSTRING statement.....................................................................................................................1190 SUPER function................................................................................................................................1193 SUPER statement.............................................................................................................................1194 SUPER system reference.................................................................................................................1195 SYSTEM-DIALOG COLOR statement..............................................................................................1196 SYSTEM-DIALOG FONT statement.................................................................................................1198 SYSTEM-DIALOG GET-DIR statement.............................................................................................1200 SYSTEM-DIALOG GET-FILE statement...........................................................................................1202 SYSTEM-DIALOG PRINTER-SETUP statement..............................................................................1205 SYSTEM-HELP statement................................................................................................................1207 TENANT-ID function..........................................................................................................................1212 TENANT-NAME function...................................................................................................................1213 TENANT-NAME-TO-ID function........................................................................................................1213 TERMINAL function...........................................................................................................................1214 TERMINAL statement.......................................................................................................................1215 THIS-OBJECT statement..................................................................................................................1216 THIS-OBJECT system reference......................................................................................................1217 TIME function....................................................................................................................................1218 TIMEZONE function..........................................................................................................................1219 TODAY function.................................................................................................................................1220 TO-ROWID function..........................................................................................................................1221 TRANSACTION function...................................................................................................................1223 TRANSACTION-MODE AUTOMATIC statement..............................................................................1223 Trigger phrase...................................................................................................................................1224 TRIGGER PROCEDURE statement.................................................................................................1226 TRIM function....................................................................................................................................1229 TRUNCATE function..........................................................................................................................1232 Type-name syntax.............................................................................................................................1233 TYPE-OF function.............................................................................................................................1239 UNBOX function................................................................................................................................1240 UNDERLINE statement.....................................................................................................................1242 UNDO statement...............................................................................................................................1243 UNIX statement.................................................................................................................................1248 UNLOAD statement...........................................................................................................................1249 16 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference UNSUBSCRIBE statement................................................................................................................1251 UP statement.....................................................................................................................................1252 UPDATE statement............................................................................................................................1254 USE statement..................................................................................................................................1262 USERID function...............................................................................................................................1264 USING statement..............................................................................................................................1266 VALID-EVENT function.....................................................................................................................1270 VALID-HANDLE function...................................................................................................................1271 VALID-OBJECT function...................................................................................................................1272 VALIDATE statement.........................................................................................................................1272 VIEW statement................................................................................................................................1275 VIEW-AS phrase...............................................................................................................................1277 WAIT-FOR statement (ABL only).......................................................................................................1283 WAIT-FOR statement (.NET and ABL)..............................................................................................1287 WEEKDAY function...........................................................................................................................1296 WIDGET-HANDLE function...............................................................................................................1297 Widget phrase...................................................................................................................................1298 Working directory..............................................................................................................................1300 XOR operator (bitwise)......................................................................................................................1301 YEAR function...................................................................................................................................1302 Chapter 2: Widget Reference..................................................................1305 BROWSE widget...............................................................................................................................1306 BUTTON widget................................................................................................................................1316 COMBO-BOX widget.........................................................................................................................1318 CONTROL-FRAME widget................................................................................................................1320 DIALOG-BOX widget.........................................................................................................................1323 EDITOR widget.................................................................................................................................1326 FIELD-GROUP widget......................................................................................................................1328 FILL-IN widget...................................................................................................................................1329 FRAME widget..................................................................................................................................1332 IMAGE widget...................................................................................................................................1335 LITERAL widget................................................................................................................................1336 MENU widget....................................................................................................................................1337 MENU-ITEM widget...........................................................................................................................1338 RADIO-SET widget...........................................................................................................................1339 RECTANGLE widget.........................................................................................................................1341 SELECTION-LIST widget..................................................................................................................1343 SHADOW-WINDOW widget..............................................................................................................1345 SLIDER widget..................................................................................................................................1346 SUB-MENU widget............................................................................................................................1347 TEXT widget......................................................................................................................................1348 TOGGLE-BOX widget.......................................................................................................................1350 WINDOW widget...............................................................................................................................1352 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 17 Chapter 3: Handle Reference...................................................................1357 ACTIVE-WINDOW system handle....................................................................................................1358 Asynchronous request object handle................................................................................................1359 AUDIT-CONTROL system handle.....................................................................................................1361 AUDIT-POLICY system handle..........................................................................................................1361 Buffer object handle..........................................................................................................................1362 Buffer-field object handle...................................................................................................................1365 Call object handle..............................................................................................................................1366 Client-principal object handle............................................................................................................1373 CLIPBOARD system handle.............................................................................................................1379 CODEBASE-LOCATOR system handle............................................................................................1384 COLOR-TABLE system handle.........................................................................................................1385 COM-SELF system handle................................................................................................................1387 COMPILER system handle...............................................................................................................1388 CURRENT-WINDOW system handle................................................................................................1389 Data-relation object handle...............................................................................................................1390 Data-source object handle................................................................................................................1391 DEBUGGER system handle..............................................................................................................1393 DEFAULT-WINDOW system handle..................................................................................................1396 DSLOG-MANAGER system handle..................................................................................................1397 ERROR-STATUS system handle.......................................................................................................1399 FILE-INFO system handle.................................................................................................................1403 FOCUS system handle......................................................................................................................1404 FONT-TABLE system handle.............................................................................................................1406 LAST-EVENT system handle............................................................................................................1407 LOG-MANAGER system handle.......................................................................................................1409 Procedure object handle...................................................................................................................1409 ProDataSet object handle.................................................................................................................1411 Query object handle..........................................................................................................................1413 RCODE-INFO handle........................................................................................................................1415 SAX-attributes object handle.............................................................................................................1416 SAX-reader object handle.................................................................................................................1417 SAX-writer object handle...................................................................................................................1419 SECURITY-POLICY system handle..................................................................................................1420 SELF system handle.........................................................................................................................1422 Server object handle.........................................................................................................................1424 Server socket object handle..............................................................................................................1425 SESSION system handle..................................................................................................................1426 SOAP-fault object handle..................................................................................................................1432 SOAP-fault-detail object handle........................................................................................................1433 SOAP-header object handle..............................................................................................................1433 SOAP-header-entryref object handle................................................................................................1434 Socket object handle.........................................................................................................................1436 18 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference SOURCE-PROCEDURE system handle...........................................................................................1437 Stream object handle........................................................................................................................1439 TARGET-PROCEDURE system handle............................................................................................1440 Temp-table object handle..................................................................................................................1443 THIS-PROCEDURE system handle..................................................................................................1445 Transaction object handle..................................................................................................................1447 WEB-CONTEXT system handle........................................................................................................1448 X-document object handle.................................................................................................................1449 X-noderef object handle....................................................................................................................1451 Chapter 4: Handle Attributes and Methods Reference.........................1453 Accessing handle attributes and methods.........................................................................................1454 Handle-based references.......................................................................................................1454 Object name references..............................................................................................1455 Handle references.......................................................................................................1456 Handle attribute access..........................................................................................................1456 Handle method calls...............................................................................................................1457 Error handling for handle method calls........................................................................1458 Chained handle references...............................................................................................................1458 Widget color, font, and measurement values....................................................................................1459 Accessing COM object properties and methods...............................................................................1459 Syntax for accessing COM object properties and methods....................................................1460 Property write..............................................................................................................1460 Property read...............................................................................................................1460 Method call..................................................................................................................1461 COMProperty...............................................................................................................1461 COMMethod................................................................................................................1462 COMParm....................................................................................................................1462 Data-type.....................................................................................................................1462 ACCELERATOR attribute..................................................................................................................1463 ACCEPT-CHANGES( ) method.........................................................................................................1463 ACCEPT-ROW-CHANGES( ) method...............................................................................................1463 ACTIVE attribute...............................................................................................................................1464 ACTOR attribute................................................................................................................................1464 ADD-BUFFER( ) method...................................................................................................................1465 ADD-CALC-COLUMN( ) method.......................................................................................................1465 ADD-COLUMNS-FROM( ) method...................................................................................................1467 ADD-EVENTS-PROCEDURE( ) method...........................................................................................1468 ADD-FIELDS-FROM( ) method.........................................................................................................1468 ADD-FIRST( ) method.......................................................................................................................1469 ADD-HEADER-ENTRY( ) method.....................................................................................................1470 ADD-INDEX-FIELD( ) method...........................................................................................................1471 ADD-LAST( ) method........................................................................................................................1472 ADD-LIKE-COLUMN( ) method.........................................................................................................1473 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 19 ADD-LIKE-FIELD( ) method..............................................................................................................1474 ADD-LIKE-INDEX( ) method.............................................................................................................1475 ADD-NEW-FIELD( ) method.............................................................................................................1476 ADD-NEW-INDEX( ) method.............................................................................................................1477 ADD-PARENT-ID-RELATION( ) method............................................................................................1478 ADD-RELATION( ) method................................................................................................................1479 ADD-SCHEMA-LOCATION( ) method...............................................................................................1481 ADD-SOURCE-BUFFER( ) method..................................................................................................1482 ADD-SUPER-PROCEDURE( ) method.............................................................................................1482 ADM-DATA attribute...........................................................................................................................1487 AFTER-BUFFER attribute.................................................................................................................1487 AFTER-ROWID attribute...................................................................................................................1487 AFTER-TABLE attribute....................................................................................................................1488 ALLOW-COLUMN-SEARCHING attribute.........................................................................................1488 ALWAYS-ON-TOP attribute...............................................................................................................1488 AMBIGUOUS attribute......................................................................................................................1489 APPEND-CHILD( ) method...............................................................................................................1489 APPL-ALERT-BOXES attribute..........................................................................................................1490 APPL-CONTEXT-ID attribute............................................................................................................1490 APPLY-CALLBACK( ) method...........................................................................................................1491 APPSERVER-INFO attribute.............................................................................................................1491 APPSERVER-PASSWORD attribute.................................................................................................1491 APPSERVER-USERID attribute........................................................................................................1492 ASYNCHRONOUS attribute..............................................................................................................1492 ASYNC-REQUEST-COUNT attribute................................................................................................1492 ASYNC-REQUEST-HANDLE attribute..............................................................................................1493 ATTACH-DATA-SOURCE( ) method..................................................................................................1493 ATTACHED-PAIRLIST attribute.........................................................................................................1494 ATTRIBUTE-NAMES attribute...........................................................................................................1495 ATTR-SPACE attribute.......................................................................................................................1495 AUDIT-EVENT-CONTEXT attribute...................................................................................................1496 AUTHENTICATION-FAILED( ) method.............................................................................................1496 AUTO-COMPLETION attribute..........................................................................................................1497 AUTO-DELETE attribute...................................................................................................................1498 AUTO-DELETE-XML attribute...........................................................................................................1498 AUTO-END-KEY attribute.................................................................................................................1498 AUTO-GO attribute............................................................................................................................1498 AUTO-INDENT attribute....................................................................................................................1499 AUTO-RESIZE attribute....................................................................................................................1499 AUTO-RETURN attribute..................................................................................................................1500 AUTO-SYNCHRONIZE attribute.......................................................................................................1500 AUTO-VALIDATE attribute.................................................................................................................1501 AUTO-ZAP attribute..........................................................................................................................1501 AVAILABLE attribute.........................................................................................................................1501 AVAILABLE-FORMATS attribute.......................................................................................................1502 20 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference BACKGROUND attribute...................................................................................................................1502 BASE-ADE attribute..........................................................................................................................1503 BASIC-LOGGING attribute................................................................................................................1503 BATCH-MODE attribute.....................................................................................................................1504 BATCH-SIZE attribute.......................................................................................................................1504 BEFORE-BUFFER attribute..............................................................................................................1505 BEFORE-ROWID attribute................................................................................................................1505 BEFORE-TABLE attribute.................................................................................................................1505 BEGIN-EVENT-GROUP( ) method....................................................................................................1506 BGCOLOR attribute..........................................................................................................................1507 BLANK attribute.................................................................................................................................1508 BLOCK-ITERATION-DISPLAY attribute............................................................................................1508 BORDER-BOTTOM-CHARS attribute...............................................................................................1508 BORDER-BOTTOM-PIXELS attribute...............................................................................................1508 BORDER-LEFT-CHARS attribute......................................................................................................1509 BORDER-LEFT-PIXELS attribute......................................................................................................1509 BORDER-RIGHT-CHARS attribute...................................................................................................1509 BORDER-RIGHT-PIXELS attribute...................................................................................................1509 BORDER-TOP-CHARS attribute.......................................................................................................1510 BORDER-TOP-PIXELS attribute.......................................................................................................1510 BOX attribute.....................................................................................................................................1510 BOX-SELECTABLE attribute.............................................................................................................1510 BUFFER-CHARS attribute................................................................................................................1511 BUFFER-COMPARE( ) method.........................................................................................................1511 BUFFER-COPY( ) method................................................................................................................1513 BUFFER-CREATE( ) method............................................................................................................1514 BUFFER-DELETE( ) method............................................................................................................1515 BUFFER-FIELD attribute...................................................................................................................1516 BUFFER-FIELD( ) method................................................................................................................1516 BUFFER-GROUP-ID attribute...........................................................................................................1516 BUFFER-GROUP-NAME attribute....................................................................................................1517 BUFFER-HANDLE attribute..............................................................................................................1517 BUFFER-LINES attribute..................................................................................................................1517 BUFFER-NAME attribute..................................................................................................................1518 BUFFER-PARTITION-ID attribute.....................................................................................................1518 BUFFER-RELEASE( ) method..........................................................................................................1518 BUFFER-TENANT-ID attribute..........................................................................................................1519 BUFFER-TENANT-NAME attribute...................................................................................................1519 BUFFER-VALIDATE( ) method..........................................................................................................1520 BUFFER-VALUE( ) method...............................................................................................................1520 BYTES-READ attribute.....................................................................................................................1521 BYTES-WRITTEN attribute...............................................................................................................1521 CACHE attribute................................................................................................................................1522 CALL-NAME attribute........................................................................................................................1522 CALL-TYPE attribute.........................................................................................................................1523 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 21 CANCEL-BREAK( ) method..............................................................................................................1524 CANCEL-BUTTON attribute..............................................................................................................1525 CANCEL-REQUESTS( ) method......................................................................................................1525 CANCEL-REQUESTS-AFTER( ) method.........................................................................................1526 CANCELLED attribute.......................................................................................................................1527 CAN-CREATE attribute.....................................................................................................................1528 CAN-DELETE attribute......................................................................................................................1528 CAN-DO-DOMAIN-SUPPORT attribute............................................................................................1528 CAN-READ attribute..........................................................................................................................1529 CAN-WRITE attribute........................................................................................................................1529 CAREFUL-PAINT attribute................................................................................................................1529 CASE-SENSITIVE attribute...............................................................................................................1529 CENTERED attribute.........................................................................................................................1530 CHARSET attribute...........................................................................................................................1530 CHECKED attribute...........................................................................................................................1530 CHILD-BUFFER attribute..................................................................................................................1530 CHILD-NUM attribute........................................................................................................................1531 CLASS-TYPE attribute......................................................................................................................1531 CLEAR( ) method (Call Object Handle).............................................................................................1531 CLEAR( ) method (DEBUGGER Handle)..........................................................................................1532 CLEAR( ) method (FILL-IN Widget)..................................................................................................1532 CLEAR( ) method (ProDataSet Object Handle)................................................................................1532 CLEAR( ) method (Temp-Table Object Handle)................................................................................1533 CLEAR-APPL-CONTEXT( ) method.................................................................................................1533 CLEAR-LOG( ) method.....................................................................................................................1534 CLEAR-SELECTION( ) method........................................................................................................1535 CLEAR-SORT-ARROWS( ) method..................................................................................................1535 CLIENT-CONNECTION-ID attribute..................................................................................................1535 CLIENT-TTY attribute........................................................................................................................1536 CLIENT-TYPE attribute.....................................................................................................................1536 CLIENT-WORKSTATION attribute.....................................................................................................1537 CLONE-NODE( ) method..................................................................................................................1537 CLOSE-LOG( ) method.....................................................................................................................1538 CODE attribute..................................................................................................................................1538 CODEPAGE attribute........................................................................................................................1539 COLUMN attribute.............................................................................................................................1539 COLUMN-BGCOLOR attribute..........................................................................................................1540 COLUMN-DCOLOR attribute............................................................................................................1540 COLUMN-FGCOLOR attribute..........................................................................................................1540 COLUMN-FONT attribute..................................................................................................................1540 COLUMN-LABEL attribute................................................................................................................1541 COLUMN-MOVABLE attribute...........................................................................................................1541 COLUMN-PFCOLOR attribute..........................................................................................................1541 COLUMN-READ-ONLY attribute.......................................................................................................1542 COLUMN-RESIZABLE attribute........................................................................................................1542 22 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference COLUMN-SCROLLING attribute.......................................................................................................1542 COM-HANDLE attribute....................................................................................................................1543 COMPLETE attribute.........................................................................................................................1543 CONFIG-NAME attribute...................................................................................................................1543 CONNECT( ) method (AppServer)....................................................................................................1544 CONNECT( ) method (Pacific Application Server)............................................................................1550 CONNECT( ) method (Socket object)...............................................................................................1554 CONNECT( ) method (Web service).................................................................................................1556 CONNECTED( ) method...................................................................................................................1561 CONTEXT-HELP attribute.................................................................................................................1562 CONTEXT-HELP-FILE attribute........................................................................................................1562 CONTEXT-HELP-ID attribute............................................................................................................1563 CONTROL-BOX attribute..................................................................................................................1563 Control-Name property......................................................................................................................1563 Controls property...............................................................................................................................1564 CONVERT-3D-COLORS attribute.....................................................................................................1564 CONVERT-TO-OFFSET( ) method....................................................................................................1565 COPY-DATASET( ) method...............................................................................................................1565 COPY-SAX-ATTRIBUTES( ) method.................................................................................................1568 COPY-TEMP-TABLE( ) method.........................................................................................................1569 CPCASE attribute..............................................................................................................................1571 CPCOLL attribute..............................................................................................................................1571 CPINTERNAL attribute......................................................................................................................1572 CPLOG attribute................................................................................................................................1572 CPPRINT attribute.............................................................................................................................1572 CPRCODEIN attribute.......................................................................................................................1572 CPRCODEOUT attribute...................................................................................................................1573 CPSTREAM attribute........................................................................................................................1573 CPTERM attribute.............................................................................................................................1573 CRC-VALUE attribute........................................................................................................................1573 CREATE-LIKE( ) method...................................................................................................................1574 CREATE-LIKE-SEQUENTIAL( ) method...........................................................................................1575 CREATE-NODE( ) method................................................................................................................1576 CREATE-NODE-NAMESPACE( ) method.........................................................................................1578 CREATE-RESULT-LIST-ENTRY( ) method........................................................................................1579 CURRENT-CHANGED attribute........................................................................................................1580 CURRENT-COLUMN attribute..........................................................................................................1580 CURRENT-ENVIRONMENT attribute................................................................................................1580 CURRENT-ITERATION attribute (Data Objects)...............................................................................1580 CURRENT-ITERATION attribute (Widget Objects)............................................................................1581 CURRENT-QUERY( ) method...........................................................................................................1581 CURRENT-REQUEST-INFO attribute...............................................................................................1583 CURRENT-RESPONSE-INFO attribute............................................................................................1584 CURRENT-RESULT-ROW attribute...................................................................................................1585 CURRENT-ROW-MODIFIED attribute...............................................................................................1585 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 23 CURRENT-WINDOW attribute..........................................................................................................1585 CURSOR-CHAR attribute.................................................................................................................1586 CURSOR-LINE attribute....................................................................................................................1586 CURSOR-OFFSET attribute.............................................................................................................1586 DATA-ENTRY-RETURN attribute.......................................................................................................1587 DATA-SOURCE attribute...................................................................................................................1587 DATA-SOURCE-COMPLETE-MAP attribute.....................................................................................1587 DATA-SOURCE-MODIFIED attribute................................................................................................1588 DATA-SOURCE-ROWID attribute......................................................................................................1588 DATA-TYPE attribute.........................................................................................................................1589 DATASET attribute.............................................................................................................................1589 DATE-FORMAT attribute...................................................................................................................1589 DB-CONTEXT attribute.....................................................................................................................1590 DB-LIST attribute...............................................................................................................................1590 DB-REFERENCES attribute..............................................................................................................1591 DBNAME attribute.............................................................................................................................1591 DCOLOR attribute.............................................................................................................................1592 DDE-ERROR attribute.......................................................................................................................1592 DDE-ID attribute................................................................................................................................1593 DDE-ITEM attribute...........................................................................................................................1593 DDE-NAME attribute.........................................................................................................................1594 DDE-TOPIC attribute.........................................................................................................................1594 DEBLANK attribute............................................................................................................................1594 DEBUG( ) method.............................................................................................................................1595 DEBUG-ALERT attribute...................................................................................................................1595 DECIMALS attribute..........................................................................................................................1596 DECLARE-NAMESPACE( ) method..................................................................................................1596 DEFAULT attribute.............................................................................................................................1597 DEFAULT-BUFFER-HANDLE attribute..............................................................................................1597 DEFAULT-BUTTON attribute..............................................................................................................1598 DEFAULT-COMMIT attribute..............................................................................................................1598 DEFAULT-STRING attribute...............................................................................................................1599 DEFAULT-VALUE attribute.................................................................................................................1599 DELETE( ) method............................................................................................................................1600 DELETE-CHAR( ) method.................................................................................................................1601 DELETE-CURRENT-ROW( ) method................................................................................................1601 DELETE-HEADER-ENTRY( ) method...............................................................................................1602 DELETE-LINE( ) method...................................................................................................................1602 DELETE-NODE( ) method................................................................................................................1602 DELETE-RESULT-LIST-ENTRY( ) method........................................................................................1603 DELETE-SELECTED-ROW( ) method..............................................................................................1604 DELETE-SELECTED-ROWS( ) method............................................................................................1604 DELIMITER attribute.........................................................................................................................1605 DESELECT-FOCUSED-ROW( ) method...........................................................................................1605 DESELECT-ROWS( ) method...........................................................................................................1605 24 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference DESELECT-SELECTED-ROW( ) method.........................................................................................1606 DETACH-DATA-SOURCE( ) method.................................................................................................1606 DISABLE( ) method...........................................................................................................................1606 DISABLE-AUTO-ZAP attribute..........................................................................................................1607 DISABLE-CONNECTIONS( ) method...............................................................................................1607 DISABLE-DUMP-TRIGGERS( ) method...........................................................................................1607 DISABLE-LOAD-TRIGGERS( ) method............................................................................................1608 DISCONNECT( ) method (Handle)...................................................................................................1608 DISPLAY-MESSAGE( ) method.........................................................................................................1609 DISPLAY-TIMEZONE attribute..........................................................................................................1610 DISPLAY-TYPE attribute...................................................................................................................1610 DOMAIN-DESCRIPTION attribute....................................................................................................1610 DOMAIN-NAME attribute..................................................................................................................1611 DOMAIN-TYPE attribute...................................................................................................................1612 DOWN attribute.................................................................................................................................1613 DRAG-ENABLED attribute................................................................................................................1613 DROP-TARGET attribute...................................................................................................................1613 DUMP-LOGGING-NOW( ) method...................................................................................................1614 DYNAMIC attribute............................................................................................................................1615 EDGE-CHARS attribute....................................................................................................................1615 EDGE-PIXELS attribute....................................................................................................................1615 EDIT-CAN-PASTE attribute...............................................................................................................1615 EDIT-CAN-UNDO attribute................................................................................................................1616 EDIT-CLEAR( ) method.....................................................................................................................1616 EDIT-COPY( ) method.......................................................................................................................1616 EDIT-CUT( ) method..........................................................................................................................1617 EDIT-PASTE( ) method......................................................................................................................1617 EDIT-UNDO( ) method......................................................................................................................1618 EMPTY attribute................................................................................................................................1618 EMPTY-DATASET( ) method.............................................................................................................1618 EMPTY-TEMP-TABLE( ) method.......................................................................................................1619 ENABLE( ) method............................................................................................................................1619 ENABLE-CONNECTIONS( ) method................................................................................................1619 ENABLE-EVENTS( ) method............................................................................................................1621 ENCODING attribute.........................................................................................................................1622 ENCRYPT-AUDIT-MAC-KEY( ) method.............................................................................................1624 ENCRYPTION-SALT attribute...........................................................................................................1625 END-DOCUMENT( ) method............................................................................................................1626 END-ELEMENT( ) method................................................................................................................1626 END-EVENT-GROUP( ) method.......................................................................................................1627 END-FILE-DROP( ) method..............................................................................................................1628 END-USER-PROMPT attribute.........................................................................................................1628 ENTITY-EXPANSION-LIMIT attribute................................................................................................1628 ENTRY( ) method..............................................................................................................................1629 ENTRY-TYPES-LIST attribute...........................................................................................................1629 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 25 ERROR attribute...............................................................................................................................1629 ERROR-COLUMN attribute...............................................................................................................1630 ERROR-OBJECT-DETAIL attribute...................................................................................................1631 ERROR-ROW attribute......................................................................................................................1631 ERROR-STACK-TRACE attribute.....................................................................................................1631 ERROR-STRING attribute.................................................................................................................1632 EVENT-GROUP-ID attribute..............................................................................................................1633 EVENT-PROCEDURE attribute.........................................................................................................1633 EVENT-PROCEDURE-CONTEXT attribute......................................................................................1633 EVENT-TYPE attribute......................................................................................................................1634 EXCLUSIVE-ID attribute...................................................................................................................1634 EXECUTION-LOG attribute...............................................................................................................1634 EXPAND attribute..............................................................................................................................1635 EXPANDABLE attribute.....................................................................................................................1635 EXPORT( ) method...........................................................................................................................1635 EXPORT-PRINCIPAL( ) method........................................................................................................1636 EXTENT attribute..............................................................................................................................1637 FETCH-SELECTED-ROW( ) method................................................................................................1637 FGCOLOR attribute...........................................................................................................................1638 FILE-CREATE-DATE attribute...........................................................................................................1638 FILE-CREATE-TIME attribute............................................................................................................1639 FILE-MOD-DATE attribute.................................................................................................................1639 FILE-MOD-TIME attribute.................................................................................................................1639 FILE-NAME attribute.........................................................................................................................1639 FILE-OFFSET attribute.....................................................................................................................1640 FILE-SIZE attribute............................................................................................................................1640 FILE-TYPE attribute..........................................................................................................................1640 FILL( ) method...................................................................................................................................1641 FILLED attribute................................................................................................................................1642 FILL-MODE attribute.........................................................................................................................1643 FILL-WHERE-STRING attribute........................................................................................................1643 FIND-BY-ROWID( ) method...............................................................................................................1644 FIND-CURRENT( ) method...............................................................................................................1645 FIND-FIRST( ) method......................................................................................................................1646 FIND-LAST( ) method.......................................................................................................................1647 FIND-UNIQUE( ) method..................................................................................................................1648 FIRST-ASYNC-REQUEST attribute..................................................................................................1650 FIRST-BUFFER attribute...................................................................................................................1650 FIRST-CHILD attribute......................................................................................................................1650 FIRST-COLUMN attribute..................................................................................................................1651 FIRST-DATASET attribute..................................................................................................................1651 FIRST-DATA-SOURCE attribute........................................................................................................1651 FIRST-FORM attribute.......................................................................................................................1651 FIRST-OBJECT attribute...................................................................................................................1652 FIRST-OF( ) method..........................................................................................................................1653 26 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference FIRST-PROCEDURE attribute..........................................................................................................1653 FIRST-QUERY attribute.....................................................................................................................1654 FIRST-SERVER attribute...................................................................................................................1654 FIRST-SERVER-SOCKET attribute...................................................................................................1655 FIRST-SOCKET attribute..................................................................................................................1655 FIRST-TAB-ITEM attribute.................................................................................................................1655 FIT-LAST-COLUMN attribute.............................................................................................................1656 FLAT-BUTTON attribute.....................................................................................................................1657 FOCUSED-ROW attribute.................................................................................................................1657 FOCUSED-ROW-SELECTED attribute.............................................................................................1657 FONT attribute...................................................................................................................................1658 FOREGROUND attribute..................................................................................................................1658 FOREIGN-KEY-HIDDEN attribute.....................................................................................................1658 FORM-INPUT attribute......................................................................................................................1659 FORM-LONG-INPUT attribute..........................................................................................................1659 FORMAT attribute..............................................................................................................................1659 FORMATTED attribute......................................................................................................................1660 FORWARD-ONLY attribute................................................................................................................1660 FRAGMENT attribute........................................................................................................................1661 FRAME attribute................................................................................................................................1661 FRAME-COL attribute.......................................................................................................................1661 FRAME-NAME attribute....................................................................................................................1662 FRAME-ROW attribute......................................................................................................................1662 FRAME-SPACING attribute...............................................................................................................1662 FRAME-X attribute............................................................................................................................1662 FRAME-Y attribute............................................................................................................................1663 FREQUENCY attribute......................................................................................................................1663 FULL-HEIGHT-CHARS attribute.......................................................................................................1663 FULL-HEIGHT-PIXELS attribute.......................................................................................................1664 FULL-PATHNAME attribute...............................................................................................................1664 FULL-WIDTH-CHARS attribute.........................................................................................................1664 FULL-WIDTH-PIXELS attribute.........................................................................................................1664 FUNCTION attribute..........................................................................................................................1665 GET-ATTRIBUTE( ) method..............................................................................................................1665 GET-ATTRIBUTE-NODE( ) method...................................................................................................1666 GET-BINARY-DATA( ) method...........................................................................................................1666 GET-BLUE-VALUE( ) method............................................................................................................1667 GET-BROWSE-COLUMN( ) method.................................................................................................1667 GET-BUFFER-HANDLE( ) method....................................................................................................1667 GET-BYTES-AVAILABLE( ) method..................................................................................................1668 GET-CALLBACK-PROC-CONTEXT( ) method.................................................................................1668 GET-CALLBACK-PROC-NAME( ) method........................................................................................1669 GET-CGI-LIST( ) method...................................................................................................................1669 GET-CGI-VALUE( ) method...............................................................................................................1670 GET-CGI-LONG-VALUE( ) method...................................................................................................1670 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 27 GET-CHANGES( ) method................................................................................................................1670 GET-CHILD( ) method.......................................................................................................................1671 GET-CHILD-RELATION( ) method....................................................................................................1672 GET-CLIENT( ) method.....................................................................................................................1672 GET-COLUMN( ) method..................................................................................................................1673 GET-CONFIG-VALUE( ) method.......................................................................................................1673 GET-CURRENT( ) method................................................................................................................1673 GET-DATASET-BUFFER( ) method...................................................................................................1674 GET-DOCUMENT-ELEMENT( ) method...........................................................................................1674 GET-DROPPED-FILE( ) method.......................................................................................................1675 GET-DYNAMIC( ) method..................................................................................................................1675 GET-ERROR-COLUMN( ) method....................................................................................................1676 GET-ERROR-ROW( ) method...........................................................................................................1676 GET-FILE-NAME( ) method...............................................................................................................1677 GET-FILE-OFFSET( ) method...........................................................................................................1677 GET-FIRST( ) method.......................................................................................................................1678 GET-GREEN-VALUE( ) method........................................................................................................1678 GET-HEADER-ENTRY( ) method......................................................................................................1679 GET-INDEX-BY-NAMESPACE-NAME( ) method...............................................................................1679 GET-INDEX-BY-QNAME( ) method...................................................................................................1680 GET-ITERATION( ) method (Data Objects).......................................................................................1680 GET-ITERATION( ) method (Widget Objects)...................................................................................1681 GET-LAST( ) method.........................................................................................................................1681 GET-LOCALNAME-BY-INDEX( ) method..........................................................................................1682 GET-MESSAGE( ) method (Handle).................................................................................................1683 GET-MESSAGE-TYPE( ) method......................................................................................................1683 GET-NEXT( ) method........................................................................................................................1684 GET-NODE( ) method.......................................................................................................................1684 GET-NUMBER( ) method..................................................................................................................1685 GET-PARENT( ) method....................................................................................................................1686 GET-PREV( ) method........................................................................................................................1686 GET-PROPERTY( ) method..............................................................................................................1687 GET-PRINTERS( ) method................................................................................................................1688 GET-QNAME-BY-INDEX( ) method...................................................................................................1688 GET-RED-VALUE( ) method..............................................................................................................1688 GET-RELATION( ) method................................................................................................................1689 GET-REPOSITIONED-ROW( ) method.............................................................................................1689 GET-RGB-VALUE( ) method.............................................................................................................1690 GET-ROW( ) method.........................................................................................................................1690 GET-SELECTED-WIDGET( ) method...............................................................................................1690 GET-SERIALIZED( ) method.............................................................................................................1691 GET-SIGNATURE( ) method.............................................................................................................1691 GET-SOCKET-OPTION( ) method.....................................................................................................1693 GET-SOURCE-BUFFER( ) method...................................................................................................1695 GET-TAB-ITEM( ) method.................................................................................................................1695 28 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference GET-TEXT-HEIGHT-CHARS( ) method.............................................................................................1696 GET-TEXT-HEIGHT-PIXELS( ) method.............................................................................................1696 GET-TEXT-WIDTH-CHARS( ) method..............................................................................................1696 GET-TEXT-WIDTH-PIXELS( ) method..............................................................................................1697 GET-TOP-BUFFER( ) method...........................................................................................................1698 GET-TYPE-BY-INDEX( ) method.......................................................................................................1698 GET-TYPE-BY-NAMESPACE-NAME( ) method................................................................................1698 GET-TYPE-BY-QNAME( ) method.....................................................................................................1699 GET-URI-BY-INDEX( ) method..........................................................................................................1699 GET-VALUE-BY-INDEX( ) method.....................................................................................................1700 GET-VALUE-BY-NAMESPACE-NAME( ) method..............................................................................1700 GET-VALUE-BY-QNAME( ) method..................................................................................................1701 GET-WAIT-STATE( ) method..............................................................................................................1701 GRAPHIC-EDGE attribute.................................................................................................................1702 GRID-FACTOR-HORIZONTAL attribute............................................................................................1702 GRID-FACTOR-VERTICAL attribute.................................................................................................1702 GRID-SNAP attribute........................................................................................................................1703 GRID-UNIT-HEIGHT-CHARS attribute..............................................................................................1703 GRID-UNIT-HEIGHT-PIXELS attribute..............................................................................................1703 GRID-UNIT-WIDTH-CHARS attribute...............................................................................................1703 GRID-UNIT-WIDTH-PIXELS attribute...............................................................................................1704 GRID-VISIBLE attribute.....................................................................................................................1704 GROUP-BOX attribute.......................................................................................................................1704 HANDLE attribute..............................................................................................................................1705 HANDLER attribute...........................................................................................................................1706 HAS-LOBS attribute..........................................................................................................................1706 HAS-RECORDS attribute..................................................................................................................1707 Height property..................................................................................................................................1707 HEIGHT-CHARS attribute.................................................................................................................1707 HEIGHT-PIXELS attribute.................................................................................................................1708 HELP attribute...................................................................................................................................1708 HIDDEN attribute...............................................................................................................................1708 HonorProKeys property.....................................................................................................................1709 HonorReturnKey property.................................................................................................................1710 HORIZONTAL attribute......................................................................................................................1710 HTML-CHARSET attribute................................................................................................................1711 HTML-END-OF-LINE attribute..........................................................................................................1711 HTML-END-OF-PAGE attribute.........................................................................................................1711 HTML-FRAME-BEGIN attribute........................................................................................................1712 HTML-FRAME-END attribute............................................................................................................1712 HTML-HEADER-BEGIN attribute......................................................................................................1712 HTML-HEADER-END attribute..........................................................................................................1712 HTML-TITLE-BEGIN attribute...........................................................................................................1713 HTML-TITLE-END attribute...............................................................................................................1713 HWND attribute.................................................................................................................................1713 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 29 ICFPARAMETER attribute.................................................................................................................1713 ICON attribute...................................................................................................................................1714 IGNORE-CURRENT-MODIFIED attribute.........................................................................................1714 IMAGE attribute.................................................................................................................................1714 IMAGE-DOWN attribute....................................................................................................................1714 IMAGE-INSENSITIVE attribute.........................................................................................................1715 IMAGE-UP attribute...........................................................................................................................1715 IMMEDIATE-DISPLAY attribute.........................................................................................................1715 IMPORT-NODE( ) method.................................................................................................................1715 IMPORT-PRINCIPAL( ) method.........................................................................................................1716 INCREMENT-EXCLUSIVE-ID( ) method...........................................................................................1717 INDEX attribute.................................................................................................................................1717 INDEX-INFORMATION attribute.......................................................................................................1717 INDEX-INFORMATION( ) method.....................................................................................................1718 IN-HANDLE attribute.........................................................................................................................1719 INHERIT-BGCOLOR attribute...........................................................................................................1721 INHERIT-FGCOLOR attribute...........................................................................................................1721 INITIAL attribute................................................................................................................................1722 INITIALIZE( ) method........................................................................................................................1723 INITIALIZE-DOCUMENT-TYPE( ) method........................................................................................1724 INITIATE( ) method............................................................................................................................1726 INNER-CHARS attribute...................................................................................................................1726 INNER-LINES attribute......................................................................................................................1727 INPUT-VALUE attribute.....................................................................................................................1727 INSERT( ) method.............................................................................................................................1728 INSERT-ATTRIBUTE( ) method.........................................................................................................1729 INSERT-BACKTAB( ) method............................................................................................................1731 INSERT-BEFORE( ) method.............................................................................................................1731 INSERT-FILE( ) method.....................................................................................................................1732 INSERT-ROW( ) method....................................................................................................................1732 INSERT-STRING( ) method...............................................................................................................1733 INSERT-TAB( ) method......................................................................................................................1733 INSTANTIATING-PROCEDURE attribute..........................................................................................1734 INTERNAL-ENTRIES attribute..........................................................................................................1735 INVOKE( ) method (Handle)..............................................................................................................1736 IS-CLASS attribute............................................................................................................................1737 IS-JSON attribute..............................................................................................................................1737 IS-MULTI-TENANT attribute..............................................................................................................1738 IS-OPEN attribute..............................................................................................................................1738 IS-PARAMETER-SET attribute..........................................................................................................1738 IS-PARTITIONED attribute................................................................................................................1739 IS-ROW-SELECTED( ) method.........................................................................................................1739 IS-SELECTED( ) method..................................................................................................................1739 IS-XML attribute................................................................................................................................1740 ITEMS-PER-ROW attribute...............................................................................................................1740 30 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference KEEP-CONNECTION-OPEN attribute..............................................................................................1740 KEEP-FRAME-Z-ORDER attribute...................................................................................................1740 KEEP-SECURITY-CACHE attribute..................................................................................................1741 KEY attribute.....................................................................................................................................1741 KEYS attribute...................................................................................................................................1741 LABEL attribute.................................................................................................................................1742 LABEL-BGCOLOR attribute..............................................................................................................1743 LABEL-DCOLOR attribute.................................................................................................................1743 LABEL-FGCOLOR attribute..............................................................................................................1743 LABEL-FONT attribute......................................................................................................................1744 LABELS attribute...............................................................................................................................1744 LABELS-HAVE-COLONS attribute....................................................................................................1744 LANGUAGES attribute......................................................................................................................1744 LARGE attribute................................................................................................................................1745 LARGE-TO-SMALL attribute.............................................................................................................1745 LAST-ASYNC-REQUEST attribute....................................................................................................1745 LAST-BATCH attribute.......................................................................................................................1746 LAST-CHILD attribute........................................................................................................................1746 LAST-FORM attribute........................................................................................................................1746 LAST-OBJECT attribute....................................................................................................................1747 LAST-OF( ) method...........................................................................................................................1748 LAST-PROCEDURE attribute............................................................................................................1748 LAST-SERVER attribute....................................................................................................................1749 LAST-SERVER-SOCKET attribute....................................................................................................1749 LAST-SOCKET attribute....................................................................................................................1749 LAST-TAB-ITEM attribute..................................................................................................................1750 Left property......................................................................................................................................1750 LENGTH attribute..............................................................................................................................1751 LIBRARY attribute.............................................................................................................................1751 LIBRARY-CALLING-CONVENTION attribute....................................................................................1751 LINE attribute....................................................................................................................................1752 LIST-ITEM-PAIRS attribute................................................................................................................1752 LIST-ITEMS attribute.........................................................................................................................1753 LIST-PROPERTY-NAMES( ) method.................................................................................................1753 LITERAL-QUESTION attribute..........................................................................................................1754 LOAD( ) method (Handle).................................................................................................................1754 LoadControls( ) method.....................................................................................................................1756 LOAD-DOMAINS( ) method..............................................................................................................1756 LOAD-ICON( ) method......................................................................................................................1757 LOAD-IMAGE( ) method....................................................................................................................1759 LOAD-IMAGE-DOWN( ) method.......................................................................................................1760 LOAD-IMAGE-INSENSITIVE( ) method............................................................................................1761 LOAD-IMAGE-UP( ) method.............................................................................................................1762 LOAD-MOUSE-POINTER( ) method.................................................................................................1763 LOAD-SMALL-ICON( ) method.........................................................................................................1765 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 31 LOCAL-HOST attribute.....................................................................................................................1766 LOCAL-NAME attribute.....................................................................................................................1767 LOCAL-PORT attribute.....................................................................................................................1767 LOCAL-VERSION-INFO attribute.....................................................................................................1767 LOCATOR-COLUMN-NUMBER attribute..........................................................................................1768 LOCATOR-LINE-NUMBER attribute..................................................................................................1768 LOCATOR-PUBLIC-ID attribute.........................................................................................................1768 LOCATOR-SYSTEM-ID attribute.......................................................................................................1769 LOCATOR-TYPE attribute.................................................................................................................1769 LOCKED attribute..............................................................................................................................1769 LOCK-REGISTRATION( ) method....................................................................................................1770 LOG-AUDIT-EVENT( ) method..........................................................................................................1770 LOG-ENTRY-TYPES attribute...........................................................................................................1771 LOG-THRESHOLD attribute.............................................................................................................1777 LOGFILE-NAME attribute..................................................................................................................1778 LOGGING-LEVEL attribute...............................................................................................................1779 LOGIN-EXPIRATION-TIMESTAMP attribute.....................................................................................1780 LOGIN-HOST attribute......................................................................................................................1781 LOGIN-STATE attribute.....................................................................................................................1781 LOGOUT( ) method...........................................................................................................................1782 LONGCHAR-TO-NODE-VALUE( ) method.......................................................................................1783 LOOKUP( ) method...........................................................................................................................1784 MANDATORY attribute......................................................................................................................1784 MANUAL-HIGHLIGHT attribute.........................................................................................................1784 MARK-NEW( ) method......................................................................................................................1785 MARK-ROW-STATE( ) method..........................................................................................................1785 MAX-BUTTON attribute.....................................................................................................................1786 MAX-CHARS attribute.......................................................................................................................1787 MAX-DATA-GUESS attribute.............................................................................................................1787 MAX-HEIGHT-CHARS attribute........................................................................................................1788 MAX-HEIGHT-PIXELS attribute........................................................................................................1788 MAXIMUM-LEVEL attribute...............................................................................................................1788 MAX-VALUE attribute........................................................................................................................1788 MAX-WIDTH-CHARS attribute..........................................................................................................1789 MAX-WIDTH-PIXELS attribute..........................................................................................................1789 MD5-VALUE attribute........................................................................................................................1789 MEMPTR-TO-NODE-VALUE( ) method............................................................................................1789 MENU-BAR attribute.........................................................................................................................1790 MENU-KEY attribute.........................................................................................................................1790 MENU-MOUSE attribute...................................................................................................................1790 MERGE-BY-FIELD attribute..............................................................................................................1791 MERGE-CHANGES( ) method..........................................................................................................1791 MERGE-ROW-CHANGES( ) method................................................................................................1792 MESSAGE-AREA attribute................................................................................................................1793 MESSAGE-AREA-FONT attribute.....................................................................................................1794 32 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference MIN-BUTTON attribute......................................................................................................................1794 MIN-COLUMN-WIDTH-CHARS attribute..........................................................................................1794 MIN-COLUMN-WIDTH-PIXELS attribute..........................................................................................1795 MIN-HEIGHT-CHARS attribute..........................................................................................................1795 MIN-HEIGHT-PIXELS attribute..........................................................................................................1795 MIN-SCHEMA-MARSHAL attribute...................................................................................................1796 MIN-VALUE attribute.........................................................................................................................1796 MIN-WIDTH-CHARS attribute...........................................................................................................1796 MIN-WIDTH-PIXELS attribute...........................................................................................................1797 MODIFIED attribute...........................................................................................................................1797 MOUSE-POINTER attribute..............................................................................................................1797 MOVABLE attribute...........................................................................................................................1798 MOVE-AFTER-TAB-ITEM( ) method.................................................................................................1798 MOVE-BEFORE-TAB-ITEM( ) method..............................................................................................1799 MOVE-COLUMN( ) method...............................................................................................................1799 MOVE-TO-BOTTOM( ) method.........................................................................................................1800 MOVE-TO-EOF( ) method.................................................................................................................1800 MOVE-TO-TOP( ) method.................................................................................................................1801 MULTI-COMPILE attribute.................................................................................................................1801 MULTIPLE attribute...........................................................................................................................1802 MULTITASKING-INTERVAL attribute................................................................................................1803 MUST-UNDERSTAND attribute.........................................................................................................1803 Name property..................................................................................................................................1803 NAME attribute..................................................................................................................................1804 NAMESPACE-PREFIX attribute........................................................................................................1805 NAMESPACE-URI attribute...............................................................................................................1805 NEEDS-APPSERVER-PROMPT attribute........................................................................................1806 NEEDS-PROMPT attribute...............................................................................................................1806 NESTED attribute..............................................................................................................................1806 NEW attribute....................................................................................................................................1807 NEW-ROW attribute..........................................................................................................................1807 NEXT-COLUMN attribute..................................................................................................................1807 NEXT-ROWID attribute......................................................................................................................1807 NEXT-SIBLING attribute....................................................................................................................1808 NEXT-TAB-ITEM attribute..................................................................................................................1810 NO-CURRENT-VALUE attribute........................................................................................................1810 NO-EMPTY-SPACE attribute.............................................................................................................1810 NO-FOCUS attribute.........................................................................................................................1811 NONAMESPACE-SCHEMA-LOCATION attribute.............................................................................1812 NO-SCHEMA-MARSHAL attribute....................................................................................................1812 NO-VALIDATE attribute.....................................................................................................................1813 NODE-VALUE attribute.....................................................................................................................1813 NODE-VALUE-TO-LONGCHAR( ) method.......................................................................................1813 NODE-VALUE-TO-MEMPTR( ) method............................................................................................1814 NORMALIZE( ) method.....................................................................................................................1815 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 33 NUM-BUFFERS attribute..................................................................................................................1815 NUM-BUTTONS attribute..................................................................................................................1816 NUM-CHILD-RELATIONS attribute...................................................................................................1816 NUM-CHILDREN attribute.................................................................................................................1816 NUM-COLUMNS attribute.................................................................................................................1816 NUM-DROPPED-FILES attribute......................................................................................................1817 NUM-ENTRIES attribute...................................................................................................................1817 NUM-FIELDS attribute......................................................................................................................1817 NUM-FORMATS attribute..................................................................................................................1817 NUM-HEADER-ENTRIES attribute...................................................................................................1818 NUM-ITEMS attribute........................................................................................................................1818 NUM-ITERATIONS attribute (data objects).......................................................................................1818 NUM-ITERATIONS attribute (widget objects)....................................................................................1818 NUM-LINES attribute.........................................................................................................................1819 NUM-LOCKED-COLUMNS attribute.................................................................................................1819 NUM-LOG-FILES attribute................................................................................................................1819 NUM-MESSAGES attribute...............................................................................................................1820 NUM-PARAMETERS attribute...........................................................................................................1820 NUM-REFERENCES attribute..........................................................................................................1821 NUM-RELATIONS attribute...............................................................................................................1821 NUM-REPLACED attribute................................................................................................................1821 NUM-RESULTS attribute...................................................................................................................1822 NUM-SELECTED-ROWS attribute....................................................................................................1822 NUM-SELECTED-WIDGETS attribute..............................................................................................1822 NUM-SOURCE-BUFFERS attribute..................................................................................................1822 NUM-TABS attribute..........................................................................................................................1823 NUM-TO-RETAIN attribute................................................................................................................1823 NUM-TOP-BUFFERS attribute..........................................................................................................1823 NUM-VISIBLE-COLUMNS attribute..................................................................................................1823 NUMERIC-DECIMAL-POINT attribute..............................................................................................1824 NUMERIC-FORMAT attribute............................................................................................................1824 NUMERIC-SEPARATOR attribute.....................................................................................................1824 ON-FRAME-BORDER attribute.........................................................................................................1824 ORDINAL attribute............................................................................................................................1825 ORIGIN-HANDLE attribute................................................................................................................1825 ORIGIN-ROWID attribute..................................................................................................................1825 OVERLAY attribute............................................................................................................................1826 OWNER attribute...............................................................................................................................1826 OWNER-DOCUMENT attribute.........................................................................................................1826 PAGE-BOTTOM attribute...................................................................................................................1827 PAGE-TOP attribute..........................................................................................................................1827 PARAMETER attribute......................................................................................................................1827 PARENT attribute..............................................................................................................................1827 PARENT-BUFFER attribute...............................................................................................................1828 PARENT-FIELDS-AFTER attribute....................................................................................................1829 34 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference PARENT-FIELDS-BEFORE attribute.................................................................................................1829 PARENT-ID-RELATION attribute.......................................................................................................1829 PARENT-RELATION attribute............................................................................................................1830 PARSE-STATUS attribute..................................................................................................................1830 PASSWORD-FIELD attribute............................................................................................................1831 PATHNAME attribute.........................................................................................................................1831 PBE-HASH-ALGORITHM attribute...................................................................................................1831 PBE-KEY-ROUNDS attribute.............................................................................................................1832 PERSISTENT attribute......................................................................................................................1832 PERSISTENT-CACHE-DISABLED attribute......................................................................................1833 PERSISTENT-PROCEDURE attribute..............................................................................................1833 PFCOLOR attribute...........................................................................................................................1833 PIXELS-PER-COLUMN attribute......................................................................................................1834 PIXELS-PER-ROW attribute.............................................................................................................1834 POPUP-MENU attribute....................................................................................................................1834 POPUP-ONLY attribute.....................................................................................................................1834 POSITION attribute...........................................................................................................................1835 PREFER-DATASET attribute.............................................................................................................1835 PREPARED attribute.........................................................................................................................1835 PREPARE-STRING attribute.............................................................................................................1836 PREV-COLUMN attribute..................................................................................................................1836 PREV-SIBLING attribute...................................................................................................................1836 PREV-TAB-ITEM attribute.................................................................................................................1837 PRIMARY attribute............................................................................................................................1837 PRIMARY-PASSPHRASE attribute...................................................................................................1838 PRINTER-CONTROL-HANDLE attribute..........................................................................................1839 PRINTER-HDC attribute....................................................................................................................1839 PRINTER-NAME attribute.................................................................................................................1840 PRINTER-PORT attribute.................................................................................................................1840 PRIVATE-DATA attribute....................................................................................................................1840 PROCEDURE-NAME attribute..........................................................................................................1841 PROCEDURE-TYPE attribute...........................................................................................................1841 PROGRESS-SOURCE attribute.......................................................................................................1842 PROXY attribute................................................................................................................................1842 PROXY-PASSWORD attribute...........................................................................................................1842 PROXY-USERID attribute..................................................................................................................1843 PUBLIC-ID attribute...........................................................................................................................1843 PUBLISHED-EVENTS attribute........................................................................................................1843 QUALIFIED-USER-ID attribute..........................................................................................................1844 QUERY attribute................................................................................................................................1845 QUERY-CLOSE( ) method................................................................................................................1846 QUERY-OFF-END attribute...............................................................................................................1847 QUERY-OPEN( ) method..................................................................................................................1847 QUERY-PREPARE( ) method............................................................................................................1848 QUIT attribute....................................................................................................................................1849 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 35 RADIO-BUTTONS attribute...............................................................................................................1849 RAW-TRANSFER( ) method.............................................................................................................1850 READ( ) method (Socket)..................................................................................................................1850 READ-FILE( ) method.......................................................................................................................1852 READ-JSON( ) method.....................................................................................................................1852 READ-ONLY attribute........................................................................................................................1855 READ-XML( ) method.......................................................................................................................1855 READ-XMLSCHEMA( ) method........................................................................................................1862 RECID attribute.................................................................................................................................1868 RECORD-LENGTH attribute.............................................................................................................1868 RECURSIVE attribute.......................................................................................................................1868 REFRESH( ) method (Handle)..........................................................................................................1868 REFRESHABLE attribute..................................................................................................................1869 REFRESH-AUDIT-POLICY( ) method...............................................................................................1869 REGISTER-DOMAIN( ) method........................................................................................................1870 REJECT-CHANGES( ) method.........................................................................................................1871 REJECT-ROW-CHANGES( ) method................................................................................................1872 REJECTED attribute.........................................................................................................................1872 RELATION-FIELDS attribute.............................................................................................................1872 RELATIONS-ACTIVE attribute..........................................................................................................1873 REMOTE attribute.............................................................................................................................1874 REMOTE-HOST attribute..................................................................................................................1874 REMOTE-PORT attribute..................................................................................................................1874 REMOVE-ATTRIBUTE( ) method......................................................................................................1875 REMOVE-CHILD( ) method...............................................................................................................1876 REMOVE-EVENTS-PROCEDURE( ) method...................................................................................1876 REMOVE-SUPER-PROCEDURE( ) method.....................................................................................1877 REPLACE( ) method.........................................................................................................................1878 REPLACE-CHILD( ) method.............................................................................................................1880 REPLACE-SELECTION-TEXT( ) method.........................................................................................1881 REPOSITION attribute......................................................................................................................1882 REPOSITION-BACKWARD( ) method..............................................................................................1882 REPOSITION-FORWARD( ) method................................................................................................1882 REPOSITION-TO-ROW( ) method....................................................................................................1883 REPOSITION-TO-ROWID( ) method................................................................................................1884 REQUEST-INFO attribute..................................................................................................................1885 RESET( ) method..............................................................................................................................1886 RESIZABLE attribute.........................................................................................................................1887 RESIZE attribute...............................................................................................................................1887 RESPONSE-INFO attribute...............................................................................................................1887 RESTART-ROW attribute...................................................................................................................1889 RESTART-ROWID attribute...............................................................................................................1890 RETAIN-SHAPE attribute..................................................................................................................1891 RETURN-INSERTED attribute..........................................................................................................1891 RETURN-VALUE attribute.................................................................................................................1891 36 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference RETURN-VALUE-DATA-TYPE attribute............................................................................................1892 RETURN-VALUE-DLL-TYPE attribute..............................................................................................1893 ROLE attribute...................................................................................................................................1894 ROLES attribute................................................................................................................................1894 ROUNDED attribute..........................................................................................................................1894 ROW attribute....................................................................................................................................1895 ROW-HEIGHT-CHARS attribute........................................................................................................1895 ROW-HEIGHT-PIXELS attribute........................................................................................................1896 ROW-STATE attribute........................................................................................................................1896 ROWID attribute................................................................................................................................1897 ROW-MARKERS attribute.................................................................................................................1897 ROW-RESIZABLE attribute...............................................................................................................1897 SAVE( ) method.................................................................................................................................1898 SAVE-FILE( ) method........................................................................................................................1899 SAVE-ROW-CHANGES( ) method....................................................................................................1900 SAVE-WHERE-STRING attribute......................................................................................................1901 SAX-PARSE( ) method......................................................................................................................1902 SAX-PARSE-FIRST( ) method..........................................................................................................1902 SAX-PARSE-NEXT( ) method...........................................................................................................1903 SCHEMA-CHANGE attribute............................................................................................................1903 SCHEMA-LOCATION attribute..........................................................................................................1904 SCHEMA-MARSHAL attribute..........................................................................................................1905 SCHEMA-PATH attribute...................................................................................................................1905 SCREEN-LINES attribute..................................................................................................................1906 SCREEN-VALUE attribute.................................................................................................................1906 SCROLL-BARS attribute...................................................................................................................1907 SCROLL-TO-CURRENT-ROW( ) method.........................................................................................1907 SCROLL-TO-ITEM( ) method............................................................................................................1908 SCROLL-TO-SELECTED-ROW( ) method........................................................................................1908 SCROLLABLE attribute.....................................................................................................................1909 SCROLLBAR-HORIZONTAL attribute...............................................................................................1909 SCROLLBAR-VERTICAL attribute....................................................................................................1909 SEAL( ) method.................................................................................................................................1910 SEAL-TIMESTAMP attribute.............................................................................................................1912 SEARCH( ) method...........................................................................................................................1912 SELECT-ALL( ) method.....................................................................................................................1913 SELECT-FOCUSED-ROW( ) method................................................................................................1914 SELECT-NEXT-ROW( ) method........................................................................................................1914 SELECT-PREV-ROW( ) method........................................................................................................1915 SELECT-ROW( ) method...................................................................................................................1915 SELECTABLE attribute......................................................................................................................1915 SELECTED attribute.........................................................................................................................1916 SELECTION-END attribute...............................................................................................................1916 SELECTION-START attribute...........................................................................................................1916 SELECTION-TEXT attribute..............................................................................................................1917 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 37 SENSITIVE attribute..........................................................................................................................1917 SEPARATORS attribute.....................................................................................................................1918 SEPARATOR-FGCOLOR attribute....................................................................................................1918 SERIALIZE-HIDDEN attribute...........................................................................................................1918 SERIALIZE-NAME attribute..............................................................................................................1919 SERIALIZE-ROW( ) method..............................................................................................................1919 SERVER attribute..............................................................................................................................1922 SERVER-CONNECTION-BOUND attribute......................................................................................1923 SERVER-CONNECTION-BOUND-REQUEST attribute....................................................................1923 SERVER-CONNECTION-CONTEXT attribute..................................................................................1924 SERVER-CONNECTION-ID attribute................................................................................................1925 SERVER-OPERATING-MODE attribute............................................................................................1925 SESSION-END attribute....................................................................................................................1926 SESSION-ID attribute........................................................................................................................1926 SET-ACTOR( ) method......................................................................................................................1927 SET-APPL-CONTEXT( ) method.......................................................................................................1928 SET-ATTRIBUTE( ) method...............................................................................................................1929 SET-ATTRIBUTE-NODE( ) method...................................................................................................1930 SET-BLUE-VALUE( ) method............................................................................................................1930 SET-BREAK( ) method......................................................................................................................1931 SET-BUFFERS( ) method.................................................................................................................1932 SET-CALLBACK( ) method................................................................................................................1932 SET-CALLBACK-PROCEDURE( ) method.......................................................................................1933 SET-CLIENT( ) method.....................................................................................................................1934 SET-COMMIT( ) method....................................................................................................................1937 SET-CONNECT-PROCEDURE( ) method.........................................................................................1937 SET-DYNAMIC( ) method..................................................................................................................1938 SET-GREEN-VALUE( ) method.........................................................................................................1938 SET-INPUT-SOURCE( ) method.......................................................................................................1939 SET-MUST-UNDERSTAND( ) method...............................................................................................1940 SET-NODE( ) method........................................................................................................................1940 SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT( ) method.................................................................................................1941 SET-OUTPUT-DESTINATION( ) method...........................................................................................1942 SET-PARAMETER( ) method (Handle).............................................................................................1943 SET-PROPERTY( ) method...............................................................................................................1946 SET-READ-RESPONSE-PROCEDURE( ) method...........................................................................1947 SET-RED-VALUE( ) method..............................................................................................................1947 SET-REPOSITIONED-ROW( ) method.............................................................................................1948 SET-RGB-VALUE( ) method..............................................................................................................1949 SET-ROLE( ) method.........................................................................................................................1949 SET-ROLLBACK( ) method...............................................................................................................1950 SET-SELECTION( ) method..............................................................................................................1950 SET-SERIALIZED( ) method.............................................................................................................1951 SET-SOCKET-OPTION( ) method.....................................................................................................1952 SET-SORT-ARROW( ) method..........................................................................................................1953 38 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference SET-WAIT-STATE( ) method..............................................................................................................1955 SHOW-IN-TASKBAR attribute...........................................................................................................1955 SIDE-LABEL-HANDLE attribute........................................................................................................1956 SIDE-LABELS attribute.....................................................................................................................1956 SINGLE-RUN attribute......................................................................................................................1957 SINGLETON attribute........................................................................................................................1957 SKIP-DELETED-RECORD attribute..................................................................................................1957 SMALL-ICON attribute......................................................................................................................1957 SMALL-TITLE attribute......................................................................................................................1958 SOAP-FAULT-ACTOR attribute..........................................................................................................1958 SOAP-FAULT-CODE attribute............................................................................................................1958 SOAP-FAULT-DETAIL attribute..........................................................................................................1959 SOAP-FAULT-MISUNDERSTOOD-HEADER attribute......................................................................1959 SOAP-FAULT-NODE attribute............................................................................................................1959 SOAP-FAULT-ROLE attribute............................................................................................................1959 SOAP-FAULT-STRING attribute........................................................................................................1960 SOAP-FAULT-SUBCODE attribute....................................................................................................1960 SOAP-VERSION attribute.................................................................................................................1960 SORT attribute..................................................................................................................................1961 SORT-ASCENDING attribute............................................................................................................1961 SORT-NUMBER attribute..................................................................................................................1961 SSL-SERVER-NAME attribute..........................................................................................................1962 STANDALONE attribute.....................................................................................................................1962 START-DOCUMENT( ) method.........................................................................................................1963 START-ELEMENT( ) method.............................................................................................................1963 STARTUP-PARAMETERS attribute...................................................................................................1965 STATE-DETAIL attribute....................................................................................................................1967 STATUS-AREA attribute....................................................................................................................1968 STATUS-AREA-FONT attribute.........................................................................................................1968 STOP attribute...................................................................................................................................1968 STOP-PARSING( ) method...............................................................................................................1969 STOPPED attribute...........................................................................................................................1969 STREAM attribute.............................................................................................................................1970 STRETCH-TO-FIT attribute...............................................................................................................1970 STRICT attribute...............................................................................................................................1970 STRICT-ENTITY-RESOLUTION attribute..........................................................................................1971 STRING-VALUE( ) method................................................................................................................1971 SUBTYPE attribute............................................................................................................................1971 SUPER-PROCEDURES attribute.....................................................................................................1972 SUPPRESS-NAMESPACE-PROCESSING attribute........................................................................1973 SUPPRESS-WARNINGS attribute....................................................................................................1973 SUPPRESS-WARNINGS-LIST attribute...........................................................................................1973 SYMMETRIC-ENCRYPTION-ALGORITHM attribute........................................................................1973 SYMMETRIC-ENCRYPTION-IV attribute..........................................................................................1974 SYMMETRIC-ENCRYPTION-KEY attribute......................................................................................1974 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference 39 SYMMETRIC-SUPPORT attribute....................................................................................................1975 SYNCHRONIZE( ) method................................................................................................................1976 SYSTEM-ALERT-BOXES attribute....................................................................................................1976 SYSTEM-ID attribute.........................................................................................................................1976 TAB-POSITION attribute...................................................................................................................1977 TAB-STOP attribute...........................................................................................................................1977 TABLE attribute.................................................................................................................................1977 TABLE-CRC-LIST attribute................................................................................................................1978 TABLE-HANDLE attribute..................................................................................................................1978 TABLE-LIST attribute.........................................................................................................................1978 TABLE-NUMBER attribute.................................................................................................................1979 Tag property (ActiveX control)...........................................................................................................1979 TEMP-DIRECTORY attribute............................................................................................................1979 TEMP-TABLE-PREPARE( ) method..................................................................................................1979 TENANT-ID( ) method.......................................................................................................................1980 TENANT-NAME( ) method................................................................................................................1981 TEXT-SELECTED attribute...............................................................................................................1982 THREAD-SAFE attribute...................................................................................................................1982 THREE-D attribute............................................................................................................................1982 TIC-MARKS attribute.........................................................................................................................1983 TIME-SOURCE attribute...................................................................................................................1984 TIMEZONE attribute..........................................................................................................................1984 TITLE attribute...................................................................................................................................1985 TITLE-BGCOLOR attribute...............................................................................................................1985 TITLE-DCOLOR attribute..................................................................................................................1985 TITLE-FGCOLOR attribute................................................................................................................1985 TITLE-FONT attribute........................................................................................................................1986 TOGGLE-BOX attribute.....................................................................................................................1986 TOOLTIP attribute.............................................................................................................................1986 TOOLTIPS attribute...........................................................................................................................1986 Top property......................................................................................................................................1987 TOP-NAV-QUERY attribute...............................................................................................................1987 TOP-ONLY attribute...........................................................................................................................1988 TRACKING-CHANGES attribute.......................................................................................................1988 TRANSACTION attribute...................................................................................................................1989 TRANSPARENT attribute..................................................................................................................1990 TRANS-INIT-PROCEDURE attribute.................................................................................................1990 TYPE attribute...................................................................................................................................1990 UNDO attribute..................................................................................................................................1992 UNDO-THROW-SCOPE attribute.....................................................................................................1992 UNIQUE-ID attribute..........................................................................................................................1992 UNIQUE-MATCH attribute.................................................................................................................1993 UPDATE-ATTRIBUTE( ) method.......................................................................................................1993 URL attribute.....................................................................................................................................1994 URL-DECODE( ) method..................................................................................................................1995 40 OpenEdge Development: ABL Reference URL-ENCODE( ) method..................................................................................................................1995 URL-PASSWORD attribute...............................................................................................................1995 URL-USERID attribute......................................................................................................................1995 USER-ID attribute..............................................................................................................................1995 V6DISPLAY attribute.........................................................................................................................1996 VALIDATE( ) method.........................................................................................................................1997 VALIDATE-EXPRESSION attribute...................................................................................................1998 VALIDATE-MESSAGE attribute.........................................................................................................1998 VALIDATE-SEAL( ) method...............................................................................................................1998 VALIDATE-XML attribute...................................................................................................................2000 VALIDATION-ENABLED attribute......................................................................................................2000 VALUE attribute.................................................................................................................................2000 VERSION attribute............................................................................................................................2001 VIEW-AS attribute.............................................................................................................................2001 VIEW-FIRST-COLUMN-ON-REOPEN attribute................................................................................2002 VIRTUAL-HEIGHT-CHARS attribute.................................................................................................2002 VIRTUAL-HEIGHT-PIXELS attribute.................................................................................................2003 VIRTUAL-WIDTH-CHARS attribute...................................................................................................2003 VIRTUAL-WIDTH-PIXELS attribute...................................................................................................2003 VISIBLE attribute...............................................................................................................................2003 WARNING attribute...........................................................................................................................2005 WC-ADMIN-APP attribute.................................................................................................................2005 WHERE-STRING attribute................................................................................................................2005 Widget-Handle property....................................................................................................................2006 WIDGET-ENTER attribute.................................................................................................................2007 WIDGET-ID attribute..........................................................................................................................2007 WIDGET-LEAVE attribute..................................................................................................................2009 Width property...................................................................................................................................2009 WIDTH-CHARS attribute...................................................................................................................2009 WIDTH-PIXELS attribute...................................................................................................................2010 WINDOW attribute.............................................................................................................................2011 WINDOW-STATE attribute.................................................................................................................2011 WINDOW-SYSTEM attribute.............................................................................................................2012 WORD-WRAP attribute.....................................................................................................................2012 WORK-AREA-HEIGHT-PIXELS at

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