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SetState – PB Docs 2018 – PowerBuilder Library

SetState – PB Docs 2018

SetState

PowerScript function

Description

Sets the highlighted state of an item in a list box. SetState is
only applicable to a list box control whose MultiSelect property is set to
true.

Applies to

ListBox and PictureListBox controls

Syntax

Argument

Description

listboxname

The name of the ListBox or PictureListBox in which you
want to set the state (highlighted or not highlighted) for an
item. The MultiSelect property for the control must be set to
true.

index

The number of the item for which you want to set the
state. Specify 0 to set the state of all the items in the
ListBox.

state

A boolean value that determines the state of the
item:

  • TRUE — Selected

  • FALSE — Not selected

Return value

Integer.

Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs. If any
argument’s value is null, SetState returns null.

Usage

When the MultiSelect property for the control is false, use
SelectItem, instead of SetState, to select one item at a time.

Examples

This statement turns on the highlight for item 6 in
lb_Actions:

This statement deselects all items in lb_Actions:

This statement turns off the highlight for item 6 in lb_Actions if
it is selected and turns it on again if it is not selected:

See also

SelectItem

SetTop

State


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