Counter
Description
Allows you to assign a unique number to records. If you set the ReadOnly component property to False, you can edit the sequence number for the record if necessary, and this property is also used when this component is used for searching.
Unlike other components, there is no FieldName property, you only need to set TableName, which defines the name of the database table that contains a field with the type COUNTER.
Component properties
Property |
Description |
TableName |
Determines which database table a component belongs to. |
BgColor |
Specifies the background color of the component. |
Font → Color |
Specifies the font color to use when displaying the text. |
Font → Name |
Identifies the typeface of the font. |
Font → Size |
Specifies the height of the font in points. |
Font → Style |
Determines whether the font is normal, italic, underlined, bold, and so on. |
ReadOnly |
Determines whether the user can change the text of the edit control. |
Name |
Specifies the name of the component. |
Left |
Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the left edge of a component relative to its parent. |
Top |
Specifies the Y coordinate of the upper-left corner of a control, relative to its parent or containing control in pixels. |
Width |
Specifies the horizontal size of the control in pixels. |
Height |
Specifies the vertical size of the control in pixels. |
TabOrder |
Indicates the position of the control in its parent's tab order. |
TabStop |
Determines if the user can tab to a control. |
Visible |
Specifies whether the component appears onscreen. |
Anchors |
Specifies how the control is anchored to its parent. More info. |
Additional properties
Property |
Description |
Alignment |
Determines how the text is aligned within the text edit control. |
AutoSelect |
Determines whether all the text in the edit control is automatically selected when the control gets focus. |
AutoSize |
Determines whether the height of the edit control automatically resizes to accommodate the text. |
BevelInner |
Specifies the cut of the inner bevel. |
BevelKind |
Specifies the control's bevel style. |
BevelOuter |
Specifies the cut of the outer bevel. |
BorderStyle |
Determines whether the edit component has a single line border around the client area. |
BiDiMode |
Specifies the bi-directional mode for the component. |
CharCase |
Determines the case of the text within the edit component. |
Constraints |
Specifies the size constraints for the component. It makes sense when using the Anchors property. |
Cursor |
Specifies the image used to represent the mouse pointer when it passes into the region covered by the component. |
Enabled |
Controls whether the component responds to mouse and keyboard events. |
Hint |
Hint contains the text string that appears when the user moves the mouse over the component. The hint will be shown if the ShowHint property = True |
ShowHint |
Determines whether the control displays a Help Hint when the mouse pointer rests momentarily on the component. See also property Hint |