BaseListBox Class (Typed)

Construct a list box.

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.

The string representing the caption of the text control.

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 hyperlabel connected to the control.

Is the control a ComboBox

Is the control a ListBox

A numeric value representing the number of items in the list box.

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

A logical value that is set to TRUE when a standard edit control or editable combo box 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.

Is the control readonly ?

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 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.

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and a window is activated.

Add a new item to a list box at a specified position.

Clear a list box of all items.

Creates the underlying Win32 control

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and a window is deactivated.

Call the default windows procedure for a control and set the EventReturnValue.

Remove an item from a list box.

Provide a method to de-instantiate any TextControl.Destroy object.

Disable a control (until a subsequent call to Control:Enable()).

Disable the WinXP theme for a control.

Provide the prototype dispatcher for events within the system when the control has focus; routing various events to their appropriate event handlers.

Enable a control that was previously disabled.

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and whenever part of the window needs repainting.

Search a list box for a specified string, and return the location of the first item in the list box that matches it.

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and the input focus changes from the current control to another (or vice versa).

Change the current font of the text control.

Retrieve the text of a specified list box item.

Return the handle for a control.

Check if a border has been set for the control

Check if a style value has been set for the control

Hide a control so it is not visible (until a subsequent call to Control:Show()).

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and a horizontal scroll bar is scrolled.

Return and optionally set whether Input Method Editor is enabled for this text control.

Report if this control is currently enabled.

Report if this control is currently readonly.

Report if this control is visible (completely or partially) or hidden.

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and a key on the keyboard is pressed.

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and a key on the keyboard is released.

Connect a control to a data field in a data server.

Provide a method that is invoked when a pop-up menu owned by the control is about to pop up.

Provide a method that is invoked when an item on a menu owned by the control is highlighted.

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus, the mouse pointer is positioned over the window, and a mouse button is double-clicked.

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus, the mouse pointer is positioned over the window, and a mouse button is clicked.

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus, the mouse pointer is positioned over the window, and a mouse button is released.

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and a mouse with one or more buttons clicked is moved in the window.

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and the mouse is moved in the control.

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and the control is moved (either by the user or by the application).

This is a compatibility method that is no longer used or needed.

Perform all the validations defined to this control's field specification (for example, required, maximum and minimum digits, maximum and minimum value, validation rule) and return the result of the test.

Register a timer method to be invoked for the control.

Removes the current BallonTip from the Edit control that has inherited from this class.

Send an ExposeEvent to repaint the control

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and the control changes size.

Resume all drawing updates for a control (after Control:SuspendUpdate() is called).

Add a cue banner to the Edit control that has inherited from this class.

Set the exstyle for the control.

Pass input focus to a control, thereby directing all mouse and keyboard input to the control.

Set the style for the control.

Move a specified item to the top of the list box.

Display a control so it is visible.

Add a BallonTip to the Edit control that has inherited from this class.

Temporarily suspend all drawing updates for a control; drawing resumes with a call to Control:RestoreUpdate().

Provide a method to be invoked at specific intervals defined when the timer is registered though the RegisterTimer() method.

This method validates if the control has been created and when not then it triggers the control creation

Provide a method that is invoked when the control has focus and a vertical scroll bar is scrolled.

Cargo slot.