GetProperty Method for a Control

The GetProperty method returns a string that contains the value of a property. If the property does not exist, then this method returns NULL.

Format

controlVar.GetProperty(propName)

No arguments are available.

Usage

You can use the GetProperty method with the following controls:

  • CheckBox

  • ComboBox

  • TextBox

  • TextArea

  • Label

You can use the GetProperty method to get values for the following properties:

  • Background Color

  • Enabled

  • FontType

  • FontColor

  • FontSize

  • FontStyle

  • Height

  • Width

  • Read Only

  • Visible

For more information about these properties, see Properties to Set for a Label in SetLabelProperty Method for a Control.

To return more than one property, you must use a separate statement for each property.

Used With

Browser Script

Examples

The following example uses the GetProperty method to return values for the FontSize, Background Color, Width, and Height properties:

theApplication().SWEAlert("checkbox.FontSize : " + 
objCheckBox.GetProperty("FontSize"));
theApplication().SWEAlert("checkbox.BgColor : " + 
objCheckBox.GetProperty("BgColor"));
theApplication().SWEAlert("checkbox.Width : " + objCheckBox.GetProperty("Width"));
theApplication().SWEAlert("checkbox.Height : " + 
objCheckBox.GetProperty("Height"));