DO NOT EDIT THE CONTENT OF THIS PAGE DIRECTLY (EXCEPT INSIDE THE DIV BELOW WITH ID=DESCRIPTION), UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THE STRUCTURE OF THE CONTENT IS VITAL IN BEING ABLE TO AUTO UPDATE THE CONTENT THROUGH THE DOC GENERATOR.
format Gets or sets Gets or sets the display formatting of an element for number and text values; does not affect the actual value stored in the database column.
titleText Gets or sets the editable/read-only state of a field; true - read-only; false - editable; ! - the editable/read-only state is inverted (the opposite).Gets or sets the title text.
visible Gets or sets the transparency of an element; true - transparent; false - not transparent.Gets or sets the visibility of an element; true - visible; false - not visible; ! - the visibility state is inverted (the opposite).
getLocationX() Returns an Array of label element names that has this field filled in as the labelFor.getLocationY() Returns the y Returns the x location of the current element.
dessIndentGets or sets the background color of a field. The color has to be set using the hexadecimal RGB value as used in HTML. It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set.
//sets the background color of the field
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.bgcolor = "#FFFFFF";
//gets the background color of the field
var c = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.bgcolor;
Table Row (tr)
class
lastDetailRow
Table Cell (td)
Table Body (tbody)
id
border
Table Row (tr)
id
name
Table Cell (td)
border
Table Row (tr)
id
des
Table Cell (td)
Div
class
sIndent
Gets or sets the border attribute(s) of a specified element.
//sets the border type to "LineBorder"
//sets a 1 px line width for the bottom and left side of the border
//sets the hexadecimal color of the border to "#ccffcc"
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.border = 'LineBorder,1,#ccffcc';
Table Row (tr)
class
lastDetailRow
Table Cell (td)
Table Body (tbody)
id
editable
Table Row (tr)
id
name
Table Cell (td)
editable
Table Row (tr)
id
des
Table Cell (td)
Div
class
sIndent
Gets or sets the editable/read-only state of a field; true - editable; false - read-only.
NOTE the "!" operator can be used to invert the editable state.
var currentState = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.editable;
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.editable = !currentState;
Table Row (tr)
class
lastDetailRow
Table Cell (td)
Table Body (tbody)
id
enabled
Table Row (tr)
id
name
Table Cell (td)
enabled
Table Row (tr)
id
des
Table Cell (td)
Div
class
sIndent
Gets or sets the enabled state of a specified field, also known as "grayed". true - enabled; false - not enabled; ! - the enabled state is inverted (the opposite).
NOTE: A disabled element cannot be selected by clicking the element (or by pressing the TAB key even if this option is supported by the operating system).
NOTE: A label or button element will not disable if the "displayType" design time property for a field is set to HTML_AREA.
NOTE: The disabled "grayed" color is dependent on the LAF set in the Servoy Client Application Preferences. For more information see Preferences: Look And Feel in the Servoy Developer User's Guide.
//gets the enabled state of the field
var currState = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.enabled;
//sets the enabled state of the field
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.enabled = !currentState;
Table Row (tr)
class
lastDetailRow
Table Cell (td)
Table Body (tbody)
id
fgcolor
Table Row (tr)
id
name
Table Cell (td)
fgcolor
Table Row (tr)
id
des
Table Cell (td)
Div
class
sIndent
Gets or sets the foreground color of a field. The color has to be set using the hexadecimal RGB value as used in HTML. It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set.
//sets the foreground color of the field
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.fgcolor = "#000000";
//gets the foreground color of the field
var c = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.fgcolor;
Table Row (tr)
class
lastDetailRow
Table Cell (td)
Table Body (tbody)
id
font
Table Row (tr)
id
name
Table Cell (td)
font
Table Row (tr)
id
des
Table Cell (td)
Div
class
sIndent
Gets or sets the font name, style, and size of an element.
font name - the name of the font family. style - the type of the font. (plain = 0; bold = 1; italic = 2; bold-italic = 3). size - the size of the font (in points).
It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set.
Gets or sets the display formatting of an element for number and text values; does not affect the actual value stored in the database column.
There are different options for the different dataprovider types that are assigned to this field. For Integer fields, there is a display and an edit format, using http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html and the max (string) length can be set. For Text/String fields, there are options to force uppercase,lowercase or only numbers. Or a mask can be set that restrict the input the pattern chars can be found here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/text/MaskFormatter.html A mask can have a placehoder (what is shown when there is no data) and if the data must be stored raw (without literals of the mask). A max text length can also be set to force the max text length input, this doesn't work on mask because that max length is controlled with the mask. For Date fields a display and edit format can be set by using a pattern from here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html, you can also say this must behave like a mask (the edit format) A mask only works with when the edit format is exactly that mask (1 char is 1 number/char), because for example MM then only 2 numbers are allowed MMM that displays the month as a string is not supported as a mask. Some examples are "dd-MM-yyyy", "MM-dd-yyyy", etc. The format property is also used to set the UI Converter, this means that you can convert the value object to something else before it gets set into the field, this can also result in a type change of the data. So a string in scripting/db is converted to a integer in the ui, then you have to set an integer format. It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set, otherwise null.
//sets the display formatting of the field
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.format = '###';
//gets the display formatting of the field
var format = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.format;
Table Row (tr)
class
lastDetailRow
Table Cell (td)
Table Body (tbody)
id
readOnly
Table Row (tr)
id
name
Table Cell (td)
readOnly
Table Row (tr)
id
des
Table Cell (td)
Div
class
sIndent
Gets or sets the editable/read-only state of a field; true - read-only; false - editable; ! - the editable/read-only state is inverted (the opposite).
NOTE: A field set as read-only can be selected by clicking (or pressing the TAB key if this option is supported by the operating system) and the field data can be copied.
//gets the editable/read-only state of the field
var currentState = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.readOnly;
//sets the editable/read-only state of the field
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.readOnly = !currentState;
//gets the tooltip text of the element
var toolTip = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.toolTipText;
//sets the tooltip text of the element
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.toolTipText = "New tip";
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.toolTipText = "<html>This includes <b>bolded text</b> and <font color='blue'>BLUE</font> text as well.";
Table Row (tr)
class
lastDetailRow
Table Cell (td)
Table Body (tbody)
id
transparent
Table Row (tr)
id
name
Table Cell (td)
transparent
Table Row (tr)
id
des
Table Cell (td)
Div
class
sIndent
Gets or sets the transparency of an element; true - transparent; false - not transparent.
NOTE: transparency can be inverted using ! operator: elements.elementName.transparent = !elements.elementName.transparent;
NOTE: transparency will be mostly used for background color, a transparent element will receive the background of the element "beneath" it, a non transparent one will use its own background color
//gets the transparency of the element
var currentState = forms.customer.elements.customer_id.transparent;
//sets the transparency of the element
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.transparent = !currentState;
Table Row (tr)
class
lastDetailRow
Table Cell (td)
Table Body (tbody)
id
visible
Table Row (tr)
id
name
Table Cell (td)
visible
Table Row (tr)
id
des
Table Cell (td)
Div
class
sIndent
Gets or sets the visibility of an element; true - visible; false - not visible; ! - the visibility state is inverted (the opposite).
NOTE: The visibility of an element is not persistent; the state of visibility only applies to the current user in his/her current session.
//sets the element as visible
forms.company.elements.faxBtn.visible = true;
//gets the visibility of the element
var currentState = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.visible;
//sets the element as not visible when the current state is visible
forms.company.elements.faxBtn.visible = !currentState;
Returns the height of the current element. NOTE: getHeight() can be used with getWidth() to set the size of an element using the setSize function. For example:
//returns the width (w) and height (h) var w = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getWidth(); var h = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getHeight();
//sets the new size forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w,h);
//sets the new size and adds 1 px to both the width and height forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w+1,h+1);
Request the focus in this element. (Focus is also a text cursor on text components).
Table Row (tr)
id
ret
Table Cell (td)
Returns
Div
class
sIndent
void
Table Row (tr)
id
sam
Table Cell (td)
Sample
Div
class
sIndent
Code Block
language
javascript
//request the focus in this forms.customer.elements.customer_id (focus is also a text cursor on text components)
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.requestFocus();
Table Row (tr)
class
lastDetailRow
Table Cell (td)
Table Body (tbody)
id
requestFocus-Boolean
Table Row (tr)
id
name
Table Cell (td)
requestFocus
Table Row (tr)
id
sig
Table Cell (td)
Span
style
margin-right: 5px;
void
Span
style
font-weight: bold;
requestFocus
Span
(mustExecuteOnFocusGainedMethod)
Table Row (tr)
id
des
Table Cell (td)
Div
class
sIndent
Request the focus in this element. (Focus is also a text cursor on text components).
Table Row (tr)
id
prs
Table Cell (td)
Parameters
Div
class
sIndent
{Boolean} mustExecuteOnFocusGainedMethod - If true will execute onFocusGained method, else will not; default value is true.
Table Row (tr)
id
ret
Table Cell (td)
Returns
Div
class
sIndent
void
Table Row (tr)
id
sam
Table Cell (td)
Sample
Div
class
sIndent
Code Block
language
javascript
//request the focus in this forms.customer.elements.customer_id (focus is also a text cursor on text components), skip on focus gained method call
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.requestFocus(false);
Table Row (tr)
class
lastDetailRow
Table Cell (td)
Table Body (tbody)
id
setLocation-Number_Number
Table Row (tr)
id
name
Table Cell (td)
setLocation
Table Row (tr)
id
sig
Table Cell (td)
Span
style
margin-right: 5px;
void
Span
style
font-weight: bold;
setLocation
Span
(x, y)
Table Row (tr)
id
des
Table Cell (td)
Div
class
sIndent
Sets the location of an element. It takes as input the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) coordinates - starting from the TOP LEFT side of the screen. Please note that location should not be altered at runtime when an element is anchored. Use the solutionModel in such a situation.
NOTE: getLocationX() can be used with getLocationY() to return the current location of an element; then use the X and Y coordinates with the setLocation function to set a new location. For Example:
//returns the X and Y coordinates var x = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getLocationX(); var y = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getLocationY();
//sets the new location 10 px to the right; 10 px down from the current location forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setLocation(x+10,y+10);
Table Row (tr)
id
prs
Table Cell (td)
Parameters
Div
class
sIndent
{Number} x - the X coordinate of the element in pixels. {Number} y - the Y coordinate of the element in pixels.
Sets the size of an element. It takes as input the width and the height. Please note that size sIdentjavascriptlastDetailRow bordername
border
dessIndentGets or sets the border attribute(s) of a specified element. The border attributes: borderType - EmptyBorder, EtchedBorder, BevelBorder, LineBorder, TitleBorder, MatteBorder, SpecialMatteBorder. size - (numeric value) for: bottom, left, right, top. color - (hexadecimal value) for: bottom, left, right, top. dash pattern - (numeric value) for selected side(s). rounding radius - (numeric value) for selected side(s). It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set. NOTE: Use the same value(s) and order of attribute(s) from the element design time property "borderType".ret
Returns
sIndentclients
Supported Clients
sIndentSmartClient,WebClient,NGClientsam
Sample
sIdentjavascriptlastDetailRow editablename
editable
dessIndentGets or sets the editable/read-only state of a field; true - editable; false - read-only. NOTE the "!" operator can be used to invert the editable state.ret
Returns
sIndentclients
Supported Clients
sIndentSmartClient,WebClient,NGClientsam
Sample
sIdentjavascriptlastDetailRow enabledname
enabled
dessIndentGets or sets the enabled state of a specified field, also known as "grayed". true - enabled; false - not enabled; ! - the enabled state is inverted (the opposite). NOTE: A disabled element cannot be selected by clicking the element (or by pressing the TAB key even if this option is supported by the operating system). NOTE: A label or button element will not disable if the "displayType" design time property for a field is set to HTML_AREA. NOTE: The disabled "grayed" color is dependent on the LAF set in the Servoy Client Application Preferences. For more information see Preferences: Look And Feel in the Servoy Developer User's Guide.ret
dessIndentGets or sets the foreground color of a field. The color has to be set using the hexadecimal RGB value as used in HTML. It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set.ret
Returns
sIndentclients
Supported Clients
sIndentSmartClient,WebClient,NGClientsam
Sample
sIdentjavascriptlastDetailRow fontname
font
dessIndentGets or sets the font name, style, and size of an element. font name - the name of the font family. style - the type of the font. (plain = 0; bold = 1; italic = 2; bold-italic = 3). size - the size of the font (in points). It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set.ret
Returns
sIndentclients
Supported Clients
sIndentSmartClient,WebClient,NGClientsam
Sample
sIdentjavascriptlastDetailRow formatname
format
dessIndentGets or sets the display formatting of an element for number and text values; does not affect the actual value stored in the database column. There are different options for the different dataprovider types that are assigned to this field. For Integer fields, there is a display and an edit format, using http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/DecimalFormat.html and the max (string) length can be set. For Text/String fields, there are options to force uppercase,lowercase or only numbers. Or a mask can be set that restrict the input the pattern chars can be found here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/swing/text/MaskFormatter.html A mask can have a placehoder (what is shown when there is no data) and if the data must be stored raw (without literals of the mask). A max text length can also be set to force the max text length input, this doesn't work on mask because that max length is controlled with the mask. For Date fields a display and edit format can be set by using a pattern from here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html, you can also say this must behave like a mask (the edit format) A mask only works with when the edit format is exactly that mask (1 char is 1 number/char), because for example MM then only 2 numbers are allowed MMM that displays the month as a string is not supported as a mask. Some examples are "dd-MM-yyyy", "MM-dd-yyyy", etc. The format property is also used to set the UI Converter, this means that you can convert the value object to something else before it gets set into the field, this can also result in a type change of the data. So a string in scripting/db is converted to a integer in the ui, then you have to set an integer format. It only returns it's correct value if it was explicitly set, otherwise null.ret
Returns
sIndentclients
Supported Clients
sIndentSmartClient,WebClient,NGClientsam
Sample
sIdentjavascriptlastDetailRow readOnlyname
readOnly
dessIndentGets or sets the editable/read-only state of a field; true - read-only; false - editable; ! - the editable/read-only state is inverted (the opposite). NOTE: A field set as read-only can be selected by clicking (or pressing the TAB key if this option is supported by the operating system) and the field data can be copied.ret
dessIndentGets or sets the tool tip text of an element; text displays when the mouse cursor hovers over an element. NOTE: HTML should be used for multi-line tooltips; you can also use any valid HTML tags to format tooltip text.ret
dessIndentGets or sets the transparency of an element; true - transparent; false - not transparent. NOTE: transparency can be inverted using ! operator: elements.elementName.transparent = !elements.elementName.transparent; NOTE: transparency will be mostly used for background color, a transparent element will receive the background of the element "beneath" it, a non transparent one will use its own background colorret
Returns
sIndentclients
Supported Clients
sIndentSmartClient,WebClient,NGClientsam
Sample
sIdentjavascriptlastDetailRow visiblename
visible
dessIndentGets or sets the visibility of an element; true - visible; false - not visible; ! - the visibility state is inverted (the opposite). NOTE: The visibility of an element is not persistent; the state of visibility only applies to the current user in his/her current session.ret
dessIndentGets the specified client property for the element based on a key. NOTE: Depending on the operating system, a user interface property name may be available.prs
Parameters
sIndentkeyuser interface key (depends on operating system)ret
dessIndentReturns the name of the form. (may be empty string as well)ret
Returns
sIndentclients
Supported Clients
sIndentSmartClient,WebClient,NGClientsam
Sample
sIdentjavascriptlastDetailRow getHeightname
getHeight()
dessIndentReturns the height of the current element. NOTE: getHeight() can be used with getWidth() to set the size of an element using the setSize function. For example: //returns the width (w) and height (h) var w = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getWidth(); var h = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getHeight(); //sets the new size forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w,h); //sets the new size and adds 1 px to both the width and height forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w+1,h+1);ret
dessIndentReturns the x location of the current element. NOTE: getLocationX() can be used with getLocationY() to set the location of an element using the setLocation function. For Example: //returns the X and Y coordinates var x = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getLocationX(); var y = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getLocationY(); //sets the new location 10 px to the right; 10 px down from the current location forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setLocation(x+10,y+10);ret
dessIndentReturns the y location of the current element. The method can only be used in Record view. NOTE: getLocationY() can be used with getLocationX() to set the location of an element using the setLocation function. For Example: //returns the X and Y coordinates var x = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getLocationX(); var y = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getLocationY(); //sets the new location 10 px to the right; 10 px down from the current location forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setLocation(x+10,y+10);ret
Returns
sIndentclients
Supported Clients
sIndentSmartClient,WebClient,NGClientsam
Sample
sIdentjavascriptlastDetailRow getNamename
getName()
dessIndentReturns the name of an element. (may be null as well)ret
dessIndentReturns the current valuelist name for the specified field; returns NULL if no valuelist.ret
Returns
sIndentclients
Supported Clients
sIndentSmartClient,WebClient,NGClientsam
Sample
sIdentjavascriptlastDetailRow getWidthname
getWidth()
dessIndentReturns the width of the current element. NOTE: getWidth() can be used with getHeight() to set the size of an element using the setSize function. For Example: //returns the width (w) and height (h) var w = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getWidth(); var h = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getHeight(); //sets the new size forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w,h); //sets the new size and adds 1 px to both the width and height forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w+1,h+1);ret
dessIndentSets the value for the specified element client property key. NOTE: Depending on the operating system, a user interface property name may be available.prs
Parameters
sIndentkeyuser interface key (depends on operating system)valuea predefined value for the keyret
dessIndentSets the location of an element. It takes as input the X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) coordinates - starting from the TOP LEFT side of the screen. Please note that location should not be altered at runtime when an element is anchored. Use the solutionModel in such a situation. NOTE: getWidthgetLocationX() can be used with getHeightgetLocationY() to set return the size current location of an elementusing the setSize function; then use the X and Y coordinates with the setLocation function to set a new location. For Example: //returns the width (w) and height (h) var w = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getWidth(); var h = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getHeight();//sets the new size the X and Y coordinates var x = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSizegetLocationX(w,h);//sets the new size and adds 1 px to both the width and height ); var y = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w+1,h+1);
Table Row (tr)
id
prs
Table Cell (td)
Parameters
Div
class
sIndent
{Number} width - the width of the element in pixels. {Number} height - the height of the element in pixels.
Sets the display/real values to the custom valuelist of the element (if element has custom valuelist). This does not effect the value list with same name list on other elements or value lists at application level.
Should receive a dataset parameter, first column is for display values, second column (optional) is for real values.
NOTE: if you modify values for checkbox/radio field, note that having one value in valuelist is a special case, so switching between one value and 0/multiple values after form is created may have side effects
Table Row (tr)
id
prs
Table Cell (td)
Parameters
Div
class
sIndent
{Object} value - first column is display value, second column is real value
Table Row (tr)
id
ret
Table Cell (td)
Returns
Div
class
sIndent
void
Table Row (tr)
id
sam
Table Cell (td)
Sample
Div
class
sIndent
Code Block
language
javascript
var dataset = databaseManager.createEmptyDataSet(0,new Array('display_values','optional_real_values'));
dataset.addRow(['aa',1]);
dataset.addRow(['bb',2]);
dataset.addRow(['cc',3]);
// forms.customer.elements.customer_id should have a valuelist attached
forms.customer.elements.customer_id.setValueListItems(dataset);
Table Row (tr)
class
lastDetailRow
Table Cell (td)
getLocationY(); //sets the new location 10 px to the right; 10 px down from the current location forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setLocation(x+10,y+10);prs
Parameters
sIndentxthe X coordinate of the element in pixels.ythe Y coordinate of the element in pixels.ret
Returns
sIndentclients
Supported Clients
sIndentSmartClient,WebClient,NGClientsam
Sample
sIdentjavascriptlastDetailRow setSizename
setSize(width, height)
dessIndentSets the size of an element. It takes as input the width and the height. Please note that size should not be altered at runtime when an element is anchored. Use the solutionModel in such a situation. NOTE: getWidth() can be used with getHeight() to set the size of an element using the setSize function. For Example: //returns the width (w) and height (h) var w = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getWidth(); var h = forms.company.elements.faxBtn.getHeight(); //sets the new size forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w,h); //sets the new size and adds 1 px to both the width and height forms.company.elements.faxBtn.setSize(w+1,h+1);prs
Parameters
sIndentwidththe width of the element in pixels.heightthe height of the element in pixels.ret
dessIndentSets the display/real values to the custom valuelist of the element (if element has custom valuelist). This does not effect the value list with same name list on other elements or value lists at application level. Should receive a dataset parameter, first column is for display values, second column (optional) is for real values. NOTE: if you modify values for checkbox/radio field, note that having one value in valuelist is a special case, so switching between one value and 0/multiple values after form is created may have side effectsprs
Parameters
sIndentvaluefirst column is display value, second column is real valueret