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Text x,y,width,height,title$ [,[.Identifier] [,[FontName$] [,[size] [,style]]]] |
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Description |
Defines a text control within a dialog box template. The text control only displays text; the user cannot set the focus to a text control or otherwise interact with it. |
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The text within a text control word-wraps. Text controls can be used to display up to 32K of text. The Text statement accepts the following parameters: |
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x, y |
Integer positions of the control (in dialog units) relative to the upper left corner of the dialog box. |
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width, height |
Integer dimensions of the control in dialog units. |
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title$ |
String containing the text that appears within the text control. This text may contain an ampersand character to denote an accelerator letter, such as "&Save" for Save. Pressing this accelerator letter sets the focus to the control following the Text statement in the dialog box template. |
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Identifier |
Name by which this control can be referenced by statements in a dialog function (such as DlgFocus and DlgEnable). If omitted, then the first two words from title$ are used. |
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FontName$ |
Name of the font used for display of the text within the text control. If omitted, then the default font for the dialog is used. |
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size |
Size of the font used for display of the text within the text control. If omitted, then the default size for the default font of the dialog is used. |
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style |
Style of the font used for display of the text within the text control. This can be any of the following values: |
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ebRegular |
Normal font (that is, neither bold nor italic) |
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ebBold |
Bold font |
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ebItalic |
Italic font |
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ebBoldItalic |
Bold-italic font |
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If omitted, then ebRegular is used. |
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Example |
Sub Main() Begin Dialog UserDialog
81,64,128,60,"Untitled" |
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See Also |
CancelButton (statement); CheckBox (statement); ComboBox (statement); Dialog (function); Dialog (statement); DropListBox (statement); GroupBox (statement); ListBox (statement); OKButton (statement); OptionButton (statement); OptionGroup (statement); Picture (statement); PushButton (statement); TextBox (statement); Begin Dialog (statement), PictureButton (statement). |
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Note |
Accelerators are underlined, and the Alt+letter accelerator combination is used. 8-point MS Sans Serif is the default font used within user dialogs. |
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