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ESL Documentation

You can use the following action statements with a combination box.

 

Action

Description

add

Creates a combination box at runtime.

add to

Allows you to insert options in the list box at runtime.

change text

Changes the text displayed in the entry field. When you use the change text statement, ESL will reset the selected line number back to zero. (Therefore, if a previous selection was made and the selected line number was not saved, the selected line number is lost.)

change window position

Allows you to indicate which block of lines should be displayed. Note that you cannot use change window xposition [of] for list boxes.

clear

Clears the contents of both the list box and the entry field.

disable

Causes the combination box to be grayed and prevents the user from moving to or modifying the entry field or selecting from the list box.

enable

Causes the combination box to be drawn in normal color and allows the user to move and/or modify the entry field or select from the list box.

make helpid

Changes the help ID of the combination  box.

make parameter

Change parameter string associated with the combination box.