Description

Description

The control text can be given a tab-separated description

Read-only This is a style property that is only available in the forms designer. It is possible to modify this programmatically through the Style property in the Create event.

Applies to: Grid , GridCell , KCMLEdit

Introduced in KCML version 6.00

Description

If set to TRUE the edit control will treat a tab in its text as a flag that subsequent text should be displayed as a description. If the user edits the text the description is removed and only the body text is returned in the ValidateText$ property. It is the responsibility of the application to then reset the Text$ property with the new text and description as required. For example:

 .form1.editControl1.Text$ = "Some Text" & HEX(09) & "A description"

An example demonstrating an edit control with a description is available.

See also

Grid methods, properties and events. GridCell methods, properties and events. KCMLEdit methods, properties and events.