TextBox Control (Visual FoxPro)
Creates a text box.
TextBox
Remarks
You can use a text box to edit the contents of a memory variable, array element, or field. You can view the contents of a Blob field using a text box in a Grid control; however, the data in the Blob field is read-only. In grids, Blob type fields display the string "blob" if they are empty, and the string "Blob" if they contain data. You can double-click the Blob field in the grid, and an editing window displays the data as read-only.
All standard Visual FoxPro editing features are available for text boxes except when viewing Blob field data.
Tip
If you use a text box to edit a Date or DateTime value, and you select the entire value, you can increment or decrement the value by one day by pressing the PLUS SIGN (+) or MINUS SIGN (-).
To specify how values are entered and displayed in the text box, use the InputMask and Format properties. To enable auto-completion, see the AutoComplete Property.
The following table lists text box properties that are commonly set at design time.
Property |
Description |
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Specifies alignment for the contents of a text box. |
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Specifies the table field or variable whose value is displayed in the text box. |
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Specifies the data entry rule that each character entered must follow. |
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Determines whether the contents of the text box are selected automatically when the text box receives the focus. |
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Specifies whether the user can tab to the control. If TabStop is set to False (.F.), the user can still select the text box by clicking it. |
For additional information about creating text boxes, see the Form Designer topic and Using Controls.
See Also
Reference
TextBox Control Properties, Methods, and Events