Specifications

COM+ reference

Gallagher & Robertson Glink: API reference manual 53

Restricted

getString

String getString()

Returns the entire text plane of the presentation space as a string. All null

characters and field attribute characters are returned as space characters.

Returns:

The entire text plane as a string

getString

String getString(GlinkPoint start, GlinkPoint end)

Returns the text at the given location in the presentation space as a string. All

null characters and field attribute characters are returned as space characters.

Parameters:

start - The row and column in which to start. The position is inclusive (for

example, row 1, col 1 means that position 1,1 will be used as the

starting location and 1,1 will be included in the data).

end - The row and column in which to end. The position is inclusive (for

example, row 10, col 12 means that position 10,12 will be used as the

ending location and 10,12 will be included in the data).

Returns:

The text as a string at the given location

getVariableFields

GlinkFields getVariableFields()

Returns the GlinkFields object associated with the current screen with variable

fields only. In other words only unprotected fields are contained in the returned

GlinkFields object. For unformatted screens, the returned object contains only

one GlinkField item that contains the whole presentation space.