Tech Tip: Utility method to obtain list of objects and Help Tips on a form
PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 14.3 | PLATFORM: Mac & Win
Published On: February 27, 2015
Below is a method to obtain a list of objects and the assigned Help Tips. This can be helpful in searching through forms and making sure that the help tips are correctly assigned.
// Method: HelpTipArr // Description: Will return in the passed // array pointer a list of objects and the // help tips assigned // $1 - Pointer to the Array to contain the result C_POINTER($1->) If (Count parameters>0) ARRAY TEXT($objectTip_at;0) C_LONGINT($i) FORM GET OBJECTS($objectTip_at) For ($i;1;Size of array($objectTip_at) $objectTip_at{$i}:=$objectTip_at{$i}+" : "+OBJECT Get help tip(*;$objectTip_at{$i}) End for COPY ARRAY($objectTip_at;$1->) End if |
Below is an example of using the Method on a Form. The Method is added to one of the buttons and all of the buttons except for "Button3" have a help tip.
The method is used in one of the buttons as shown:
ARRAY TEXT($tip_at;0) HelpTipArr (->$tip_at) |
The results in $tip_at: