Get objects of DataWindow band

Question

How can i get an array of all objects in specific band, Detail or Header for example?

I success to get all objects using:

dw_1.Describe("datawindow.objects")

Answer 1

You need to get the datawindow.visualobjects property that lists all the visible objects and for each object, you ask object_name.band to check if you want it.

An example that reuses the PbniRegex (that provides the uo_regex object in the code below) to simplify the properties parsing :

public function long of_get_band_controls (string as_band_name, ref string as_controls[]);
string ls_empty[]
int i, j
as_controls[] = ls_empty[]

uo_regex lnv_regex
lnv_regex = create uo_regex
lnv_regex.initialize( "([^\t]+)", true, false)
i = lnv_regex.search( describe("Datawindow.visualobjects") )
for j = 1 to i
    if describe( lnv_regex.match( j ) + ".band" ) = as_band_name  then
        as_controls[ upperbound(as_controls[])+1 ] = lnv_regex.match( j )
    end if
next
destroy lnv_regex

return upperbound( as_controls[] )
end function

That code comes from a datawindow herited object, hence it gets direct access to the describe method.