EnumerationItemDefinition object

A class that provides information about the value names and the
associated numeric values for an enumerated datatype. It is used in the
EnumerationDefinition class. It has no events.

Properties

EnumerationItemDefinition property	Datatype	Description
ClassDefinition	PowerObject	An object of type PowerObject containing information about the class definition of the object or control.
Name	String	The name of an enumerated value. For example, Left! is a named value of the enumerated datatype Alignment.
Value	Long	The numeric value associated with the name. For example, 0 is the value PowerBuilder associates with Left! The numeric value is important only if you are constructing source code for an object. Within PowerBuilder, you use the named value so that the datatype is correct.

EnumerationItemDefinition property

Datatype

Description

ClassDefinition

PowerObject

An object of type PowerObject containing
information about the class definition of the object or
control.

Name

String

The name of an enumerated value. For example, Left!
is a named value of the enumerated datatype
Alignment.

Value

Long

The numeric value associated with the name. For
example, 0 is the value PowerBuilder associates with
Left!

The numeric value is important only if you are
constructing source code for an object. Within PowerBuilder, you
use the named value so that the datatype is
correct.

Functions

EnumerationItemDefinition function	Datatype returned	Description
ClassName	String	Returns the name assigned to the object.
GetContextService	Integer	Creates a reference to a context-specific instance of the specified service.
GetParent	PowerObject	Returns a reference to the name of the parent object.
TypeOf	Object	Returns the type of the object.

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