Textbox property clauses¶

All clauses except the field = clause are optional.

Certain property clauses can be defined at group level. See Textbox group property clauses.

field = field_id index = integer	Linked field (compulsory). Element of linked field. See Textbox linked field.
label = “text” label_font = “text” label_bgc = rgb_value label_fgc = rgb_value label_pen = integer	Screen heading. Font for the label. Label background colour. Label foreground colour. Pen for the label. See Textbox label.
data_font = “text” data_bgc = rgb_value data_fgc = rgb_value data_pen = integer	Font for the data. Data background colour. Data foreground colour. Pen for the data. See Textbox data.
caption = “text” caption_pen = integer	Text for help caption. Pen for display of help caption. See Textbox caption.
width = integer height = integer rows = integer	Width of textbox in pixels or characters Height of textbox in pixels or characters Number of vertical elements. See Textbox size.
palette = integer	Palette number.
style = flags	Style flags.
mode = flags	Edit mode flags.
format = “text”	Format for data.
tooltip = “text”	Text for tooltip.
event = func_id help = func_id validate = func_id event_enable = flags	Event function. Help function. Validation function. Enabled events. See Textbox events and functions; The event _enable clause.

Run time only
[[window_id.]group_id.]box_id->xcreate = int_expression [[window_id.]group_id.]box_id->ycreate = int_expression	Co-ordinates at which the textbox is created. See Position (initial).
[[window_id.]group_id.]box_id->tab_order = int_expression	Position in the parent window’s tab sequence. See Tab order.

Run time read-only
[[window_id.]group_id.]box_id->row_width = [[window_id.]group_id.]box_id->row_height =	Width of a row in pixels or characters Height of a row in pixels or characters See Textbox size.
[[window_id.]group_id.]box_id->state &	Current state.
[[window_id.]group_id.]box_id->window_handle	Operating system handle.
[[window_id.]group_id.]box_id->xorig = [[window_id.]group_id.]box_id->yorig =	The original creation co-ordinates of the textbox. See Position (initial).
[[window_id.]group_id.]box_id->xposn = [[window_id.]group_id.]box_id->yposn =	Current co-ordinates. See Position (current).

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