columnname

The column with the EditMask edit style
for which you want to get or set property values. You can specify
the column name or a pound sign (#) and the column number.

property

A property for the column’s
EditMask style. Properties and their settings are listed in the
table below.

value

The value to be assigned to the property.
For EditMask properties, you cannot specify a DataWindow expression.

AutoSkip

Whether the EditMask will automatically
skip to the next field when the maximum number of characters has
been entered.

Values are:

• Yes – Skip
  automatically.

• No – Do not skip automatically.

Painter: AutoSkip option.

CodeTable

Whether the column has a code table.

Values are:

• Yes – Code
  table defined.

• No – No code table defined.

Painter: Code Table option. When selected, Display Value and
DataValue are displayed for specifying code table entries.

DDCalendar

Whether a drop-down calendar control
displays when a user clicks in a column with a Date or DateTime
edit mask.

Values are:

• Yes – Drop-down
  calendar control displays.

• No – (Default) Drop-down calendar control
  does not display.

For Web DataWindows, to make sure that dates selected with
the drop-down calendar option are displayed with the desired edit
mask, you should specify that the Client Formatting option be included
with the static JavaScript generated and deployed for the DataWindow.
To conserve bandwidth, JavaScript for client formatting is not included
by default.

If you do not include script for client formatting, the drop–down
calendar will use a default edit mask to display the column data
based on the client machine’s default localization settings.

Painter: Drop-down Calendar option.

DDCal_AlignRight

Whether the drop-down calendar is aligned
with the right side of the column.

Values are:

• Yes – Column
  is right aligned.

• No – (Default) Column is left aligned.

Painter: Drop Align Right option on Other page.

DDCal_BackColor

The background color of the drop-down
calendar. The default is Window Background. This property is not
supported on the Vista operating system.

Painter: CalendarBackColor option on Other page.

DDCal_TextColor

The color of text in the drop-down calendar.
The default is Window Text. This property is not supported on the
Vista operating system.

Painter: CalendarTextColor option on Other page.

DDCal_TitleBackColor

The background color of the title in
the drop-down calendar. The default is Highlight. This property
is not supported on the Vista operating system.

Painter: CalendarTitleBackColor option on Other page.

DDCal_TitleTextColor

The color of text in the title of the
drop-down calendar. The default is Highlight Text. This property
is not supported on the Vista operating system.

Painter: CalendarTitleTextColor option on Other page.

DDCal_TrailingTextColor

The color of trailing text (days in the
previous and next months) in the drop-down calendar. The default
is Disabled Text. This property is not supported on the Vista operating
system.

Painter: CalendarTrailingTextColor option on Other page.

FocusRectangle

Whether a dotted rectangle (the focus
rectangle) will surround the current row of the column when the
column has focus.

Values are:

• Yes – (Default)
  Display the focus rectangle.

• No – Do not display the focus rectangle.

Painter: Show Focus Rectangle option.

Mask

A string containing the edit mask for
the column.

Painter: Mask option.

ReadOnly

Whether the column is read-only. This
property is valid only if EditMask.Spin is set to Yes.

Values are:

• Yes – Do not
  allow the user to enter data; make the column read-only.

• No – (Default) Allow the user to enter
  data.

Painter: Read Only option.

Required

Whether the column is required.

Values are:

• Yes – It is
  required.

• No – It is not required.

Painter: Required option.

Spin

Whether the user can scroll through a
list of possible values for the column with a spin control.

Values are:

• Yes – Display
  a spin control.

• No – (Default) Do not display a spin control.

This setting has no effect in Web DataWindows.

Painter: Spin Control option.

SpinIncr

An integer indicating the amount to increment
the spin control’s values. The default for numeric values
is 1; for dates, 1 year; and for time, 1 minute. Available for numeric,
date, and time columns.

For columns that are not numeric, date, or time, the spin
control scrolls through values in an associated code table. If the
EditMask.CodeTable property is No, the spin increment has no effect
for these columns.

Painter: Spin Increment option.

SpinRange

A string containing the maximum and minimum
values for the column that will display in the spin control. The
two values are separated by a tilde (~). This property is effective
only if EditMaskSpin is True. Available for numeric, date, and time columns.

Because the SpinRange string is within another quoted string,
the tilde separator becomes four tildes in PowerBuilder, which reduces
to a single tilde when parsed. The format for the string is:

Painter: Spin Range group, Spin Min and Spin Max options.

UseEllipsis

Whether an ellipsis (three dots) displays
when a column with the EditMask edit style contains character data
that is too long for the display column in the DataWindow.

The ellipsis does not display when the column has focus.

Values are:

• Yes – Truncate
  the data and add an ellipsis.

• No – Truncate the data. Do not add an ellipsis.

The property is ignored if you:

• Check
  Autosize Height on the Position page or set the Height.Autosize
  property in a script.

• Specify an expression for the Escapement property
  on the Font page or set the Font.Escapement property in a script to
  rotate the text.

Painter: Use Ellipsis check box on the Format page.

UseFormat

Whether a Format Display mask is used
for a column’s display. A Format Display mask is used only
when the column does not have focus.

Values are:

• Yes – Use a
  Format Display mask.

• No – (Default) Do not use a Format Display
  mask.

Painter: Use Format option.