GetBorderStyle

Description

Reports the border style of a column in a DataWindow control or DataStore object.

Applies to

DataWindow type

Method applies to

PowerBuilder

DataWindow control, DataWindowChild object, DataStore object


Syntax

PowerBuilder

border dwcontrol.GetBorderStyle ( integer column )
border dwcontrol.GetBorderStyle ( string column ) 

Argument

Description

dwcontrol

A reference to a DataWindow control, DataStore, or child DataWindow.

column

The column for which you want to obtain the border style. Column can be a column number or a column name.


Return value

Returns the border style of column in dwcontrol as a value of the Border enumerated datatype. For a list of possible values, see Border.

Returns null if it fails. If any argument is null, the method returns null.

Examples

This code gets the border style for the current column:

border B2
B2 = dw_emp.GetBorderStyle(dw_emp.GetColumn())

This code tests the border of column 2 in dw_emp and, if there is no border, displays a shadow box border:

border B2
B2 = dw_emp.GetBorderStyle(2)
IF B2 = NoBorder! THEN
      dw_emp.SetBorderStyle(2, ShadowBox!)
END IF

See also

SetBorderStyle