Accessible Using
Double-click on the edit area control; or
if selected: "Control > Attributes" or by selecting 'Attributes...' from the control's context menu or
if selected: ENTER.
Note:
For context-sensitive help on attribute entries, select the entry so
it has the focus, and press F1.
Entry in Attributes Window | Represents |
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Name | Handle name of the edit area control (may be overwritten with another name). |
Array... | "Array" dialog box for defining an array of edit area controls. |
String | STRING attribute value. |
... |
"Source" dialog box for determining sources of STRING attribute values. |
Font | Output field where the font currently selected is displayed. |
... |
Dialog box for selecting fonts. |
DIL Text | DIL-TEXT attribute value (string). |
... |
"Source" dialog box for determining sources of DIL-TEXT attribute values. |
Context Menu | CONTEXT-MENU attribute value. Specifies the context menu (if any) associated with the control. |
Drop Mode | DROP-MODE attribute value. Indicates whether the control can act as the target in a drag-drop operation and, if so, which types of drag-drop operation it supports. |
State: | |
Visible | VISIBLE attribute value. |
Enabled | ENABLED attribute value. |
Modifiable | MODIFIABLE attribute value. If this entry is checked, the end user may edit the text. |
RTL | RTL attribute value. If this entry is checked, the dialog element direction is right-to-left. |
Horizontal scroll bar | HORIZ-SCROLLABLE attribute value. |
Vertical scroll bar | VERT-SCROLLABLE attribute value. |
Help ID | HELP-ID attribute value. You must use the help topic's .h file to map the numerical ID that you enter here to the corresponding help topic ID (created by a markup in the .hlp file). |
Length |
LENGTH attribute value. Specifies the maximum number of characters which can be entered into the edit area control. Each line break consumes two characters (carriage return / line feed). This applies regardless of whether the line break was explicitly entered by the user or implicitly inserted due to word wrapping. |
Style: | |
Framed | STYLE attribute value: creates a frame around the edit area control. |
Wordwrapped | STYLE attribute
value: when text exceeds the width of the edit area control, it is
automatically wrapped to the next line.
Note: |
Autoscroll | STYLE attribute
value: Text is vertically scrollable and is automatically scrolled upwards when
the ENTER key is pressed on the last displayed line.
Note: |
Rectangle: | The following four attributes decide the edit area control's x
and y axis position, its height and its width on the screen.
X -
RECTANGLE-X attribute
value. |
Foreground color: | |
Selection box | FOREGROUND-COLOUR-NAME attribute value. |
... |
Dialog box for editing FOREGROUND-COLOUR-VALUE attribute value. |
Background color: | |
Selection box | BACKGROUND-COLOUR-NAME attribute value. |
... |
Dialog box for editing BACKGROUND-COLOUR-VALUE attribute value. |
OK | Save settings and exit the window. |
Cancel | Exit the window without saving the settings. |
Help | Provides online help on the attributes window. |