When you want to accept one line of information from a user, add a one-line Text Field to your form. To display the value of an attribute in a Character screen at runtime, the following properties can be selected for each Text Field object.
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Property |
Function |
|---|---|
| BackgroundColor | Specifies a background color for the object. Select a color from the drop-down list. Note that you can specify only one of the following colors for character screens: Black, White, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Cyan, and Magenta. |
| Big | Specifies whether the selected object is printed in large characters; that are in pitch 66, about 50 percent taller than normal. Not displayed at design time, but only at runtime. Note: The changes you apply to this property do not affect the display of a report. |
| Blink | Specifies whether to display the selected object in blinking video. |
| Box | Specifies whether to surround the selected item with a box. |
| Bright | Specifies whether the selected object is highlighted. Note: If two controls overlap on setting this property, then an overlap error is reported. Property remains False. |
| ControlType | Specifies the type of object selected. This property is Read-only from within the Painter document window and is always a TextField. |
| Foreground Color | Specifies a foreground color for the object. Select a color from the drop-down list. Note that you can only specify one of the following colors for character screens: Black, White, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Cyan, and Magenta. |
| Id | Read-only. Generated by the software. |
| Location | Specifies the point in pixels that represents the upper-left corner of the object relative to the upper-left corner of its container as an X and Y location. |
| Name | Specifies an attribute to which the object is bound. This property is Read-only from within the Painter document window, though it can be renamed from any other window that displays existing attributes |
| Reset | Specifies that all current highlighting and color attributes is reset after the selected object. |
| Reverse | Specifies whether the selected object is displayed with reverse video highlighting. |
| TabIndex | Specifies the index that defines the tab order for the object. |
| Underline | Specifies whether the selected object is underlined. Not displayed at design time, but only at runtime. |
| Underscore | Specifies whether the selected object is displayed with a horizontal delimiter beneath. Not displayed at design time, but only at runtime. |
| Upperscore | Specifies whether the selected object is displayed with a horizontal delimiter above. Not displayed at design time, but only at runtime. |