VBS_Set Text (Method)

IField::VBS_SetText

Copy the text to the start of the specified field.

Function VBS_SetText(row as Variant, column as Variant, text As String) As Long

Parameters

No	Name	Type	Optional	Default	Description
1	row	Variant	No	-	Screen row inside the field to copy the text to. The copy will always begin at the start of the field. Any row inside the field will provide the same result.
2	column	Variant	No	-	Screen column inside the field (see above).
3	text	String	No	-	Text to copy to the field. Must be a null terminated string.
Return Code			Description
JGS_OK			The text was copied successfully
JGS_NOTCONNECTED			Your application is not currently connected to a valid session
JGS_PARAMETERERROR			Missing or invalid parameter
JGS_INHIBITED			Field is protected or the data is invalid (such as alphabetic text into numeric field, or trying to copy field attribute byte)
JGS_TRUNCATED			The string was copied successfully, but one or more characters were truncated
JGS_POSITIONERROR			The screen position you specified was invalid
JGS_SYSERROR			The function failed due to a system error
JGS_NOFIELD			The screen is not formatted (no fields exist)

Sample Code

Dim row as Variant
Dim column as Variant
Dim myText as String
Dim result as Long
row = 18
column = 45
myText = "Jolly Giant Software"
result = field.VBS_SetText(row, column, myText)

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