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"));