Chapter 9: Methods for the DataWindow Control

SetBorderStyle

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

integer dwcontrol.SetBorderStyle ( integer column, border borderstyle )

integer dwcontrol.SetBorderStyle ( string column, border borderstyle )

Argument	Description
dwcontrol	A reference to a DataWindow control, DataStore, or child DataWindow.
column	The column in which you want to change the border style. Column can be a column number or a column name.
borderstyle	A value of the Border enumerated datatype identifying the border style you want to use for the column. For a list of valid values, see Border.

Argument

Description

dwcontrol

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

column

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

borderstyle

A value of the Border enumerated datatype identifying the border style you want to use for the column.

For a list of valid values, see Border.

Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs. If any argument’s value is NULL, the method returns NULL.

This example checks the border of column 2 in dw_emp and, if there is no border, gives it a shadow box border:

Border B3

B3 = dw_emp.GetBorderStyle(2)

IF B3 = NoBorder! THEN &

		dw_emp.SetBorderStyle(2, ShadowBox!)