Action

A specific action is performed when a value is assigned to this property. The following symbolic values, included in the copy file isgui.def, can be assigned. The table below shows the actions related to each value:

Action-Cut	Cuts the selected text in the entry-field to the clipboard
Action-Copy	Copies the selected text in the entry-field to the clipboard
Action-Paste	Pastes the content of the clipboard into the entry-field
Action-Delete	Deletes the currently selected text
Action-Undo	Undoes the last action
Action-Redo	Redoes the last action
Action-Select-All	Selects all the text in the control

 

Example - Use the action property to select the value of an entry-field and copy it to the clipboard

working-storage section. copy "isgui.def". ... screen section. ...   03 screen-1-ef-1 Entry-Field      line 35.5      column 49.7      size 13.1 cells       lines 4.6 cells       id 19      3-d      . ... procedure division. ...   modify screen-1-ef-1 action action-select-all   modify screen-1-ef-1 action action-copy ...