Enabled

Description

Determines whether a control in a DataWindow is enabled.

Applies to

Button, Computed Field, Graph, InkPicture, OLE Database Blob, OLE Object, Picture, and Text controls

Syntax

PowerBuilder dot notation:

dw_control.Object.buttonname.Enabled

Describe and Modify argument:

"buttonname.Enabled { = ' value ' }"

Parameter	Description
buttonname	The name of the button that you want to enable or disable.
value	Whether the button is enabled. Values are: Yes – (Default) The button is enabled. No – The button is disabled.

Parameter

Description

buttonname

The name of the button that you want to enable or disable.

value

Whether the button is enabled.

Values are:

Yes – (Default) The button is enabled.
No – The button is disabled.

Usage

In the painter

Select the control and set the value in the Properties view, General tab, Enabled option.

When the Enabled check box is cleared, or the Enabled property is otherwise set to false, the button control is grayed and its actions are not performed.

Examples

Example 1

dw1.Object.b_name.Enabled = "No"

Example 2

setting = dw1.Describe("b_name.Enabled")

dw1.Modify("b_name.Enabled ='No'")