WinBinder Manual/wb set location

Sets the location of an HTML control or sends a special command to it

Syntax

bool wb_set_location (int wbobject, string location)

• location accepts the same URLs or file names recognized by Internet Explorer. Some examples:

Type	Examples
URL	http://hypervisual.com/winbinder/index.php http://127.0.0.1/ http://pecl.php.net/packages.php ftp://plaza.aarnet.edu.au/
File name	C:\WinBinder\Website\manual\index.html E:\WinBinder\package.xml E:\WinBinder\Readme.txt

The function also recognizes some special commands as the location parameter. All special commands must be preceded by the cmd: prefix.

Value of location	Meaning
"cmd:back"	Go to previously visited page.
"cmd:forward"	Go to a page previously viewed before issuing the back command.
"cmd:refresh"	Redraw the current page.
"cmd:stop"	Stop the current action, like loading a page.
"cmd:busy"	Return TRUE if the browser is busy or FALSE if idle.
"cmd:blank"	Clear the page.

Returns

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE if an error occurs (except when using "cmd:busy" as explained below).

See also

• <winterpostwiki>Control functions</winterpostwiki>