AccessibleRole

Description

A description of the kind of user-interface element that the control is, for use by accessibility tools such as readers for visually-impaired users.

Applies to

Column, computed field, picture, text, graph, group box, and button controls

Syntax

PowerBuilder dot notation:

dw_control.Object.controlname.AccessibleRole

Describe and Modify argument:

"controlname.AccessibleRole { = 'enumeratedvalue ' }"

Parameter	Description
columnname	The name of the control for which you want to get or set the accessible description
description	(exp) A number specifying the type of AccessibleRole as a numeric value of the AccessibleRole DataWindow constant.

Usage

The description is a member of the AccessibleRole enumerated variable. The default role is defaultrole! and is used when the role cannot be determined.

**Table 3-1: AccessibleRole values for DataWindow controls**
Control	AccessibleRole
Button	pushbuttonrole!
Column	textrole!
Computed field	statictextrole!
Graph	diagramrole!
Group box	groupingrole!
Picture	graphicrole!
Text	statictextrole!

In the painter

In the Other tab in the Properties view, select a value in the AccessibleRole drop-down list.

Examples

Example 1

ls_data = dw1.Object.b_1.AccessibleRole

ls_data = dw1.Describe("b_1.AccessibleRole")