DBFile

Description

The component is used to save any file to the database*, with the ability to open or export it. The component can also link to a file or folder on your computer without directly saving it to the database.

This component is assigned to a specific database field via the TableName and FieldName properties.

* It is not recommended to save files directly to the database, as it causes it to slow down.

Component properties

Property	Description
TableName	Determines which database table a component belongs to.
FieldName	Determines which field of the database table this component belongs to.
BgColor	Specifies the background color of the component.
CopyTo	Allows you to specify where you want the file to be copied automatically. More info.
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.
Name	Specifies the name of the component.
Type	Sets the method of working with a file, save to database, link to file, link to folder.
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.
HideSelection	Determines whether the visual indication of the selected text remains when focus shifts to another component.
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
MaxLength	Specifies the maximum number of characters the user can enter into the edit component.
ReadOnly	Determines whether the user can change the text of the edit control.
ShowHint	Determines whether the control displays a Help Hint when the mouse pointer rests momentarily on the component. See also property Hint
TextHint	A hint or message to be displayed when the Text property is empty.
Text	Contains a text string associated with the component.