edit
| Syntax |
edit (address, windowTitle = nil, flReadOnly = false)
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| Params |
address is an address value that points to the object in the database that you wish to edit. windowTitle is an optional parameter, a string. flReadOnly is an optional parameter, a boolean.
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| Action |
Opens the object at address in an appropriate type of window and prepares for the user to edit the object, if the parameter is a valid object database address. For scalar objects (such as strings) for which no special editing window exists, Frontier selects the object in its parent's table and makes it available for editing. If windowTitle is not nil, and the object is not a scalar, then, before opening the window for viewing, its title is changed to the indicated title.
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| Returns |
The address of the previous target window.
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| Examples |
edit (@examples.testOutline) edit (@examples.testOutline, "This is just a test...") edit (@examples.name) //it's a string, a scalar new (tableType, @scratchpad.userInfo); scratchpad.userInfo.created = clock.now (); edit (@scratchpad.userInfo, "User Info") edit (@examples.testOutline, flReadOnly:true) //open as read-only |
| Errors |
Supplying an address which Frontier cannot coerce into a valid address form produces an error. If flReadOnly is true, and it's a wp-text object, then a scriptError is generated.
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| Notes |
This verb is implemented as a script. The windowTitle parameter was added 10/9/98 by DW. The flReadOnly parameter was added to Frontier 7.
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| See also |
target.set
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