Date:         Fri, 19 Nov 1999 08:49:54 -0500
Reply-To:     "Tift, Brian" <bet5@CDC.GOV>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Tift, Brian" <bet5@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Returning current column name from DataForm object in SAS/AF
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Dustin,
   To get the name of the current column in a data form you can try this:


INIT:
CALL SEND ( _self_ , '_GET_WIDGET_', 'ENTRY', viewer);
        /* Get the Object Id of the Dataform Object (In this
        example it is named ENTRY) and assign the ID to variable viewer  */
return;


MAIN:
ilist=makelist();
  /*  Creates an empty list  */

CALL SEND (viewer, '_GET_CURRENT_WIDGET_INFO_', ilist);
  /* This method will get information from the current list and
        place the information in a list of named item (in this case ILIST);

cur_col=getnitemc(ilist,'column_name');
        /* Then you get the named item 'column_name' from the list and
         assign it to whatever variable you want */

You can then use the variable CUR_COL to determine where you want the cursor
to go.

Hope this helps,

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: EASTWOD [mailto:EASTWOD@WESTAT.COM]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 7:40 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Returning current column name from DataForm object in SAS/AF


Does anyone know how you can return the name of the column that the cursor
is in
from a Data Form Object?  What I am doing is finding out what the current
position of the cursor is, so when the Enter key is pressed it will go to
the
field I want it to next.  Thank you for any help.

Dustin Eastwood
Programmer Analyst
Westat
Rockville, MD
www.westat.com