SAS Component Language Dictionary

ISACTIVE

Returns the number of the active button in a radio box or check box or the active station in a choice group

Category:

Control or Field

Syntax
Details
Example
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Syntax

station=ISACTIVE(var-name<,row>);

station

contains the status of a selection:

>0	the number of the button or station that is active
0	no button or station is active

Type: Numeric

var-name

is the radio or choice group to be tested.

Type: Character

row

is the row number when the button or choice group is in the scrollable section of an extended table in a PROGRAM entry. Do not specify row in programs for FRAME entries. Specify row only when you want to check the active station from outside the extended table's getrow or putrow section.

Type: Numeric

Details

You cannot use ISACTIVE in FSEDIT or FSVIEW programs.

Window controls can also use the _isActive method.

Example

Suppose your application has a radio box named HOBBY in which the third button displays the value TENNIS. Branch to an appropriate program when a user selects the TENNIS station (either by pressing ENTER or by clicking the mouse button).

if (isactive('hobby')=3)
then call display('tennis.frame');