Description


It is used to enter numerical and text information. TextBox controls can also display text to the user. As a rule, this component is assigned to a specific database field through the TableName and FieldName properties.


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.

 DefaultValue

 Allows you to set the default value when creating a new record.

 Filter

 Allows you to select the data filtering condition when using this component together with the button with the "Search" action. 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.

 Increm. Search

 Allows you to select the button with the action "Search" or "SQL query", which will be automatically clicked when the user enters text for instant search.

 NumbersOnly

 Allows only numbers to be typed into the text edit.

 Currency

 Enables formatting for monetary values.

     Accuracy

 Specifies the number of digits after the decimal point.

     Prefix

 The text to be inserted before the value, for example, it could be a dollar sign: $

     Suffix

 The text to be inserted after the value.

     ThousandSep.

 Specifies whether a thousand separator will be shown, for example: 10,000.00

 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.

 EditMask

 Allows you to create an input mask.

 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

 MaxLength

 Specifies the maximum number of characters the user can enter into the edit component.

 PasswordChar

 Indicates the character, if any, to display in place of the actual characters typed in the component.  Typically used to enter a password. Usually used is an asterisk symbol: *

 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.