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**SetControlsStatus( **[//c////ontrol// [, //action// ]] **)**

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| **SetControlsStatus** | Sets the hidden or disabled status of a control or controls managed by this RulesCollection object. |
| //Action// | A numeric constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression that indicates the action to be taken with respect to this control when a rule is broken, defined as follows: |

| RuleAction:None | EQUATE(0) |
| RuleAction:Hide | EQUATE(1) |
| RuleAction:UnHide | EQUATE(2) |
| RuleAction:Disable | EQUATE(3) |
| RuleAction:Enable | EQUATE(4) |

| //Control// | A numeric constant, variable, EQUATE, or expression that contains a field equate value. |

The **SetControlsStatus **method sets the status of controls managed by this RulesCollection object depending on the parameters supplied. If //control// is supplied, only status changes involving that control are processed. If //action// is supplied, only status changes involving that action are processed. If neither is supplied, then all changes for all controls are processed.

**Example:**

**RulesCollection.SetControlsStatus PROCEDURE**

**lIndex  LONG**

**lIndex2 LONG**

**lChange BYTE**

**   CODE**

**   LOOP lIndex=1 TO RECORDS(SELF.Controls)**

**     GET(SELF.Controls,lIndex)**

**     IF ERRORCODE() THEN BREAK.**

**     SELF.SetControlsStatus(SELF.Controls.Control,pAction)**

**   END**