Start Edit - GRID SENDMSG() Function 31 BBjStart Edit - GRID SENDMSG() Function 31 BBj
For this topic's original documentation, see Start Edit - GRID SENDMSG() Function 31.
In BBj, this function cannot be used on cells that have check box or button styles.
In Visual PRO/5, a cell can only have INPUTN functionality if the mode is 0 or 2 has been set by this function. In BBj, if the edit_params$ uses the template containing rules, it is always has INPUTN functionality. If it uses one of the other templates containing a mask field, it always checks for a pound sign (#) to see if it has INPUTN functionality.
If a mask that contains a pound sign (#) is set, the cell automatically renders INPUTN functionality. In Visual PRO/5, this does not happen because rendered cells do not have a mask.
In BBj, editing starts automatically when the user double-clicks a cell. Therefore, this function is no longer required to start editing a cell, although it is still supported. If this function is called while a cell is being edited, the grid stops the edit operation, applies the values in edit_params$ to the cell, then restarts the editing operation.
A way to set the edit parameters without using this function is to initialize the cell with Set Edit Properties - GRID SENDMSG() Function 101. This new function should be called during grid initialization.
To allow or disallow editing on a column, use Set Column Editable - GRID SENDMSG() Function 106.