The character that separates values input to or output from a combo box or selection list.

Data type: CHARACTER

Access: Readable/Writeable

Applies to: BROWSE widget (column), COMBO-BOX widget, RADIO-SET widget, SELECTION-LIST widget

Delimiter character can have any ASCII value from 1 to 127. The default delimiter is a comma.

For browses, this attribute applies only to combo-box browse columns.

The following example demonstrates the use of a custom delimiter to allow a combo-box to contain items which include commas.

DEFINE VARIABLE location AS CHARACTER VIEW-AS COMBO-BOX FORMAT "X(20)" NO-UNDO.
DEFINE FRAME test-frame location WITH SIDE-LABELS.
location:DELIMITER = "|".
location:LIST-ITEMS = "Boston, MA|Chicago, IL|New York, NY".
UPDATE location WITH FRAME test-frame.