EditMask.property

columnname

The column with the EditMask edit style for which you want to get or set property values. You can specify the column name or a pound sign (#) and the column number.

property

A property for the column’s EditMask style. Properties and their settings are listed in the table below.

value

The value to be assigned to the property. For EditMask properties, you cannot specify a DataWindow expression.

AutoSkip

Whether the EditMask will automatically skip to the next field when the maximum number of characters has been entered.

Values are:

• Yes – Skip automatically.

• No – Do not skip automatically.

Painter: AutoSkip option.

CodeTable

Whether the column has a code table.

Values are:

• Yes – Code table defined.

• No – No code table defined.

Painter: Code Table option. When selected, Display Value and DataValue are displayed for specifying code table entries.

DDCalendar

Whether a drop-down calendar control displays when a user clicks in a column with a Date or DateTime edit mask.

Values are:

• Yes – Drop-down calendar control displays.

• No – (Default) Drop-down calendar control does not display.

For Web DataWindows, to make sure that dates selected with the drop-down calendar option are displayed with the desired edit mask, you should specify that the Client Formatting option be included with the static JavaScript generated and deployed for the DataWindow. To conserve bandwidth, JavaScript for client formatting is not included by default.

If you do not include script for client formatting, the drop-down calendar will use a default edit mask to display the column data based on the client machine’s default localization settings.

Painter: Drop-down Calendar option.

DDCal_AlignRight

Whether the drop-down calendar is aligned with the right side of the column.

Values are:

• Yes – Column is right aligned.

• No – (Default) Column is left aligned.

Painter: Drop Align Right option on Other page.

DDCal_BackColor

The background color of the drop-down calendar. The default is Window Background. This property is not supported on the Vista operating system.

Painter: CalendarBackColor option on Other page.

DDCal_TextColor

The color of text in the drop-down calendar. The default is Window Text. This property is not supported on the Vista operating system.

Painter: CalendarTextColor option on Other page.

DDCal_TitleBackColor

The background color of the title in the drop-down calendar. The default is Highlight. This property is not supported on the Vista operating system.

Painter: CalendarTitleBackColor option on Other page.

DDCal_TitleTextColor

The color of text in the title of the drop-down calendar. The default is Highlight Text. This property is not supported on the Vista operating system.

Painter: CalendarTitleTextColor option on Other page.

DDCal_TrailingTextColor

The color of trailing text (days in the previous and next months) in the drop-down calendar. The default is Disabled Text. This property is not supported on the Vista operating system.

Painter: CalendarTrailingTextColor option on Other page.

FocusRectangle

Whether a dotted rectangle (the focus rectangle) will surround the current row of the column when the column has focus.

Values are:

• Yes – (Default) Display the focus rectangle.

• No – Do not display the focus rectangle.

Painter: Show Focus Rectangle option.

Mask

A string containing the edit mask for the column.

Painter: Mask option.

ReadOnly

Whether the column is read-only. This property is valid only if EditMask.Spin is set to Yes.

Values are:

• Yes – Do not allow the user to enter data; make the column read-only.

• No – (Default) Allow the user to enter data.

Painter: Read Only option.

Required

Whether the column is required.

Values are:

• Yes – It is required.

• No – It is not required.

Painter: Required option.

Spin

Whether the user can scroll through a list of possible values for the column with a spin control.

Values are:

• Yes – Display a spin control.

• No – (Default) Do not display a spin control.

This setting has no effect in Web DataWindows.

Painter: Spin Control option.

SpinIncr

An integer indicating the amount to increment the spin control’s values. The default for numeric values is 1; for dates, 1 year; and for time, 1 minute. Available for numeric, date, and time columns.

For columns that are not numeric, date, or time, the spin control scrolls through values in an associated code table. If the EditMask.CodeTable property is No, the spin increment has no effect for these columns.

Painter: Spin Increment option.

SpinRange

A string containing the maximum and minimum values for the column that will display in the spin control. The two values are separated by a tilde (~). This property is effective only if EditMaskSpin is True. Available for numeric, date, and time columns.

Because the SpinRange string is within another quoted string, the tilde separator becomes four tildes in PowerBuilder, which reduces to a single tilde when parsed. The format for the string is:

"EditMask.SpinRange = ' minval~~~~maxval ' "

Painter: Spin Range group, Spin Min and Spin Max options.

UseEllipsis

Whether an ellipsis (three dots) displays when a column with the EditMask edit style contains character data that is too long for the display column in the DataWindow.

The ellipsis does not display when the column has focus.

Values are:

• Yes – Truncate the data and add an ellipsis.

• No – Truncate the data. Do not add an ellipsis.

The property is ignored if you:

• Check Autosize Height on the Position page or set the Height.Autosize property in a script.

• Specify an expression for the Escapement property on the Font page or set the Font.Escapement property in a script to rotate the text.

Painter: Use Ellipsis check box on the Format page.

UseFormat

Whether a Format Display mask is used for a column’s display. A Format Display mask is used only when the column does not have focus.

Values are:

• Yes – Use a Format Display mask.

• No – (Default) Do not use a Format Display mask.

Painter: Use Format option.