Show fields

Command group Flag affected Reversible Execute on client Platform(s)
Fields NO YES NO All

Syntax

Show fields {list-of-field-names (Name1,Name2,...)}

Description

This command shows the specified window field or list of fields. You can hide fields with Hide fields or using the notation. Inactive pushbuttons with the Do not gray attribute cannot be made visible with this or any other command.

If you use Show fields in a reversible block, the specified fields are hidden when the method containing the reversible block terminates.

Example

Yes/No message {Do you want to show fields?}
If flag true
  Begin reversible block
    Show fields {myField1,myField2}
  End reversible block
End If
# do something
Quit method
# now this method ends and the fields are re-hidden as they are in a reversible block
# To show a single field on the current window
Do $cwind.$objs.myField1.$visible.$assign(kTrue)
# to show all fields on the current window
Do $cwind.$objs.$sendall($ref.$visible.$assign(kTrue))