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Chained Widget Attributes

Supplies multiple attributes for a widget. When you use this syntax, the middle attributes and methods must have a data type of HANDLE.

The Chained Widget attribute has the following syntax:

SYNTAX

{widget-name-reference | handle}: <attribute-name> [:attribute-name]... 

widget-name-reference

Specifies a widget object. For example, SELF, CURRENT-WINDOW,
BUFFER customer:HANDLE, or Query q:handle.

handle

Variable of type HANDLE.

attribute-name

Any attribute for the widget or handle immediately preceding it.

EXAMPLE

DEFINE VARIABLE hBuff as HANDLE. 
CREATE BUFFER hBuff  FOR TABLE "customer". 
MESSAGE hBuff:BUFFER-FIELD(3):NAME.  

SEE ALSO

WIDGET PHRASE, Widget function, HANDLES in the Progress Language Reference .


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