Control Properties

The Control type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	Background	The brush used for painting the background of the control. For example, in a single line edit control, the background is the color behind the text in the edit control.
	Caption	A string representing the caption of the control (i.e., the static text identifying the control)
	ContextMenu	A menu object representing the local pop-up menu for a control.
	ControlID	A number between 1 and 8000 representing the unique ID of a control
	FieldSpec	The field specification connected to the control.
	HyperLabel	The hyperlabel connected to the control.
	Modified	A logical value that is set to TRUE when a standard edit control or editable combo box is in the process of being modified.
	Name	A string representing the name of the control.
	NameSym	A symbol representing the name of the control.
	Origin	A point representing the location of a control on its owner window, in canvas coordinates.
	Owner	The owner window of a control.
	OwnerAlignment	Constant representing how the window will be aligned within its owner window.
	ReadOnly	Is the control readonly ?
	Server	The server object that currently connected to this control. If no server is connected, the value is NIL.
	Size	A dimension representing the size of a control.
	Status	A hyperlabel indicating the status of the control after a validation attempt or other action.
	TextValue	A string representing the value held in the control.
	ToolTipText	String value representing the tooltip text used when the user moves the mouse pointer over the control.
	UseHLForToolTip	Logical value determining whether the descriptive text of a control's Hyperlabel should be used as the tooltip text.
	Value	The value held in the control, in whatever data type the control holds.
	ValueChanged	A logical value representing whether the control's Value has been changed from its prior setting.

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Control Class

VO Namespace