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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting SH Script help. editing string Post 302245732 by nookie on Friday 10th of October 2008 08:44:53 PM
Old 10-10-2008
SH Script help. editing string

I have a string that looks like this

username|field1|field2|field3

the data has a delimiter of "|"
how can i edit field1, keeping the rest of the data the same
also how can i edit field2 and 3.
 

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DwtCSTextSetEditable(3Dwt)												DwtCSTextSetEditable(3Dwt)

Name
       DwtCSTextSetEditable - Sets the permission state that determines whether the user can edit text in the compound-string text widget.

Syntax
       void DwtCSTextSetEditable(widget, editable)
	    Widget widget;
	    Boolean editable;

Arguments
       widget	 Specifies the ID of the compound-string text widget.

       editable  Specifies  a  boolean	value  that,  when True, indicates that the user can edit the text in the compound-string text widget.	If
		 False, prohibits the user from editing the text.

Description
       The DwtCSTextSetEditable function sets the edit permission state information concerning whether the user can edit  text	in  the  compound-
       string text widget.

See Also
       DwtCSText(3Dwt),  DwtCSTextCreate(3Dwt), DwtCSTextReplace(3Dwt), DwtCSTextSetString(3Dwt), DwtCSTextGetEditable(3Dwt), DwtCSTextGet-
       MaxLength(3Dwt), DwtCSTextSetMaxLength(3Dwt), DwtCSTextSetSelection(3Dwt), DwtCSTextGetSelection(3Dwt)
       Guide to the XUI Toolkit: C Language Binding
       Guide to the XUI Toolkit Intrinsics: C Language Binding

															DwtCSTextSetEditable(3Dwt)
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