Width DataWindow object property

The width of the specified control.

Button, Column, Computed Field, Graph, GroupBox, OLE, Oval,
Picture, Rectangle, Report, RoundRectangle, TableBlob, and Text
controls

PowerBuilder dot notation:

<span>dw_control</span>.Object.<span>controlname</span>.Width

1	<span>dw_control</span>.Object.<span>controlname</span>.Width

Describe and Modify argument:

"<span>controlname</span>.Width { = '<span> value</span> ' }"

1	"<span>controlname</span>.Width { = '<span> value</span> ' }"

Parameter	Description
controlname	The name of the control for which you want to get or set the width.
value	(exp) The width of the controlname in the units specified for the DataWindow. Value can be a quoted DataWindow expression.

Select the control and set the value in the Properties view, Position
tab.

string setting

1	string setting

setting = dw1.Object.emp_name.Width

1	setting = dw1.Object.emp_name.Width

dw1.Object.emp_name.Width = 250

1	dw1.Object.emp_name.Width = 250

setting = dw1.Describe("emp_name.Width")

1	setting = dw1.Describe("emp_name.Width")

dw1.Modify("emp_name.Width=250")

1	dw1.Modify("emp_name.Width=250")

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