Changing the text in a dw 'Text Object', from syntax in a window

[Cardioes]

Greetings Tek-tips,


I am curious if there is a way to modify the text in a 'Text Object', that is on a datawindow, from syntax in a window.

For example: 't_1' on the datawindow displays "First Name". I want to place the datawindow into a window, and change the 'text' to something else.

 

[mbalent]

You can use either dot notation of a modify statement.

Dot notation looks like this:

dw_1.object.t_1.text = 'whatever'

Modify is like this

string ls_mod, ls_text
ls_text = 'whatever' 
ls_mod = "t_1.text = '" + ls_text + "'"
dw_1.modify(ls_mod)

The modify method returns an empty string if successful or an error message if not. The error message will tell you the position within the modify string which is problematic.

Matt

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[Cardioes]

Matt,

Thank you very much for your assistance.