TextBox

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TextBox

The text box is Visual FoxPro’s answer to the @…GET of old. It lets you enter any alphanumeric data, and can store it as any data type.

Property	Value	Purpose
Format	Character	Contains a string of formatting codes to be applied to the entire text box contents.
HideSelection	Logical	Determines whether selected text keeps its highlight when focus moves to another control.
InputMask	Character	Contains a string of format characters that specify a template for the input value.
Margin	Numeric	Specifies the size of the margin around the entire interior of the text box.
MemoWindow	Character	Specifies the name of a window to be used for expanding the text, if the ControlSource is a memo field. Backward compatibility only.
OpenWindow	Logical	Supposed to specify whether the MemoWindow opens automatically when focus lands on the text box. Doesn't. Backward (and badly implemented) compatibility only.
PasswordChar	Character	Specifies a character to display instead of the user's input. Allows text boxes to be used for input of passwords.
SelectOnEntry	Logical	Determines whether the text in the text box is highlighted when the user tabs into it. Has no effect when the user clicks to get in.
SelLength, SelStart	Numeric	Length and starting position of the currently selected text.
SelText	Character	Currently selected text.
Text	Character	Contains a character representation of the value of the text box with no formatting.

Event	Purpose
KeyPress	The user pressed a key while focus was in the text box.

Example

* The class here is designed for collecting
* US and Canadian phone numbers.
DEFINE CLASS PhoneText AS TextBox

  Format = "R"
  InputMask = "(999)999-9999"

ENDDEFINE

TextBox

Example

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