SET VIEW

Selected, SelectedId

These properties tell you which items in a list or combo are highlighted.

Usage

lIsHighlighted = oObject.Selected( nIndex ) oObject.Selected( nIndex ) = lIsHighlighted lIsHighlighted = oObject.SelectedId( nItemId )   oObject.SelectedId( nItemId ) = lIsHighlighted
These two array properties let you figure out which items in a list or combo are highlighted and let you highlight items. Like the other properties related to lists, there are two of these because one gives you access via the item's Index and the other lets you use the item's unique ItemId. (See AddItem for more on this topic.)

In VFP 3, SelectedId doesn't work at all. Ever. No matter what's highlighted or which value you check, SelectedId is always .F. Unless you explicitly set it to .T. But that doesn't do much good, because the item still doesn't get highlighted. In addition, neither of these properties works for combos in VFP 3. Both bugs are fixed in VFP 5.


Selected is most useful when MultiSelect is .T. Then it lets you find all the highlighted items. With MultiSelect set to .F., you can find a single highlighted item with ListIndex or ListItemId—no need to check Selected or SelectedId. For the same reason, these properties aren't terribly useful with combos.

Example

* Set up a multiselect listbox with Employees * Preselect all those located in the USA * Set these properties in the Prop Sheet MultiSelect = .T. RowSourceType = 2   && Alias RowSource = "Employee" ColumnCount = 3 ColumnWidths = 80,40,70   * In the Init for the list: LOCAL nCount   SELECT Employee nCount = 1 SCAN    IF Country = "USA"       This.Selected[nCount] = .T.    ENDIF    nCount = nCount + 1 ENDSCAN
Be aware that, in VFP 3, no more than 60 items can be selected at the same time. See MultiSelect for more on this bug.

See Also

AddItem, ComboBox, ListBox, ListIndex, ListItemId, MultiSelect


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Copyright © 2002 by Tamar E. Granor, Ted Roche, Doug Hennig, and Della Martin. All Rights Reserved.



Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 7. 0
Hackers Guide to Visual FoxPro 7.0
ISBN: 1930919220
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 899

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