GetBorderStyle

Description

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

Applies to

DataWindow type

Method applies to

PowerBuilder

DataWindow control, DataWindowChild object, DataStore object

Web ActiveX

DataWindow control, DataWindowChild object

Syntax

PowerBuilder

border dwcontrol.GetBorderStyle ( integer column )
border dwcontrol.GetBorderStyle ( string column ) 

Web ActiveX

number dwcontrol.GetBorderStyle ( number column )
number dwcontrol.GetBorderStyle ( string column )

Argument

Description

dwcontrol

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

column

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

Returns

Returns the border style of column in dwcontrol as a value of the Border enumerated datatype (PowerBuilder) or as a number (Web ActiveX). For a list of possible values, see Border.

Returns null if it fails. If any argument is null, the method returns null.

Examples

Example 1

This code gets the border style for the current column:

border B2

B2 = dw_emp.GetBorderStyle(dw_emp.GetColumn())

Example 2

This code tests the border of column 2 in dw_emp and, if there is no border, displays a shadow box border:

border B2

B2 = dw_emp.GetBorderStyle(2)

IF B2 = NoBorder! THEN

		dw_emp.SetBorderStyle(2, ShadowBox!)

END IF

See also