GetFooterCell

Retrieve the text in an individual cell of a footer

WSupported on Windows

status = %AX_CALL(axlist_id, "GetFooterCell", column, text)

Return value

status

Returns true if successful, otherwise false. (n)

Arguments

axlist_id

The ID for the ActiveX Toolkit list. This ID can be retrieved with L_STATUS. (n)

column

The column number of the footer whose text is being retrieved. (n)

text

The returned footer text. (a)

Discussion

The GetFooterCell method retrieves the text in the footer for a specified column.

See also

• SetFooterCell method
• %AX_CALL routine

Examples

The following increments a right-justified numeric value displayed in the second footer cell.

xcall l_status(listid, D_LAXCTRL, axctrl)
xcall ax_call(axctrl, "GetFooterCell", 2, text)
onerror ($ERR_DIGIT) not_a_number
number = text
if (FALSE)
  begin
not_a_number,
    clear number
  end
offerror
xcall ax_call(axctrl, "SetFooterCell", 2, %string(number+1))
xcall ax_call(axctrl, "SetFooterCellAlignment", 2, 3)