VBS_Get Text (Method)

IField::VBS_GetText

Retrieve the contents of the specified field.

Function VBS_GetText(row as Variant, column as Variant, buffer As Variant, bufsize As Long) As Long

Parameters

No	Name	Type	Optional	Default	Description
1	row	Variant	No	-	row inside the field for which you want to retrieve the data
2	column	Variant	No	-	column inside the field for which you want to retrieve the data
3	buffer	Variant	No	-	Buffer to hold the copied data on output.
3	bufsize	Long	No	-	Maximum length of the string to retrieve
Return Code			Description
JGS_OK			The specified field was copied successfully
JGS_PARAMETERERROR			Missing or invalid parameter
JGS_MEMORY			Not enough memory to complete the operation
JGS_NOTCONNECTED			Your application is not connected to a valid session
JGS_TRUNCATED			The field contents were copied successfully but the field was longer than the buffer size and the data was truncated
JGS_POSITIONERROR			The screen position was invalid
JGS_SYSERROR			The function failed due to a system error
JGS_NOFIELD			The screen is not formatted

Sample Code

Dim row as Variant
Dim column as Variant
Dim myBuffer as Variant
Dim myLength as Long
Dim result as Long
myLength = 200
row = 18
column = 45
result = field.VBS_GetText(row, column, buffer, myLength)

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