MultiLineEdit Properties

The brush used for painting the background of the control. For example, in a single line edit control, the background is the color behind the text in the edit control.

Caption text is not displayed for single-line or multiline edit controls. It can be used to store general text information.

A menu object representing the local pop-up menu for a control.

The font used to draw the text in the control.

A number between 1 and 8000 representing the unique ID of a control

A string representing the text currently displayed in a text control. For edit controls, including the edit box associated with simple and drop-down combo boxes, it contains the text currently appearing in the edit box. For fixed icon and group box controls, TextControl:CurrentText contains NULL_STRING.

The field specification connected to the control.

The hyperlabel connected to the control.

A numeric value representing the number of characters in the control.

A numeric value representing the number of lines in a multiline edit control.

A Dimension object specifying the left and right margins of the edit control.

A logical value indicating whether an editable control is in the process of being modified.

A string representing the name of the control.

A symbol representing the name of the control.

A point representing the location of a control on its owner window, in canvas coordinates.

The owner window of a control.

Constant representing how the window will be aligned within its owner window.

A logical value specifying the read-only state of an edit control.

A string representing the text that is currently selected in this edit control.

The position of the cursor in the edit control.

The server object that currently connected to this control. If no server is connected, the value is NIL.

A dimension representing the size of a control.

A hyperlabel indicating the status of the control after a validation attempt or other action.

The color used to draw the text in the control. (Refer to the Color:Init() method for details on specifying a color object.)

A numeric value representing the maximum number of characters this edit control can hold.

A string representing the value held in the control.

String value representing the tooltip text used when the user moves the mouse pointer over the control.

Logical value determining whether the descriptive text of a control's Hyperlabel should be used as the tooltip text.

The value held in the control, in whatever data type the control holds.

A logical value representing whether the control's Value has been changed from its prior setting.