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PowerCOBOL V11.0 Reference
FUJITSU Software

4.208 Pattern Property

Description:

Contains the string to be used as a filter for the file names displayed in the FileList.

Used in control(s):

FileList

Value:

A string to be used as a filter.

The string can contain the wild-card characters "*" and "?".

For example to limit the list to only those files with a "COB" extension code:

MOVE "*.COB" TO "Pattern" OF FileListName

Default value:

None.

COBOL picture:

X, up to 8192 bytes

OLE data type:

VT_BSTR

Design time access:

Set and reference.

Execution time access:

Set and reference.

Backward compatibility attribute:

POW-MASKPIC X(256)