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Syntax
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Text
x,y,width,height,title$ [,[.Identifier] [,[FontName$] [,[size] [,style]]]]
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Description
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Defines a text control within a dialog box template. The text control only displays text; the user cannot set the focus to a text control or otherwise interact with it.
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Comments
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The text within a text control word-wraps. Text controls can be used to display up to 32K of text.
The
Text
statement accepts the following parameters:
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Parameter
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Description
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x, y
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Integer positions of the control (in dialog units) static to the upper left corner of the dialog box.
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width, height
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Integer dimensions of the control in dialog units.
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title$
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String containing the text that appears within the text control. This text may contain an ampersand character to denote an accelerator letter, such as
"&Save"
for
Save
. Pressing this accelerator letter sets the focus to the control following the
Text
statement in the dialog box template.
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Identifier
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Name by which this control can be referenced by statements in a dialog function (such as DlgFocus and DlgEnable). If omitted, then the first two words from title$ are used.
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FontName$
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Name of the font used for display of the text within the text control. If omitted, then the default font for the dialog is used.
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size
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Size of the font used for display of the text within the text control. If omitted, then the default size for the default font of the dialog is used.
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style
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Style of the font used for display of the text within the text control. This can be any of the following values:
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ebRegular
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Normal font (that is, neither bold nor italic)
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ebBold
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Bold font
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ebItalic
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Italic font
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ebBoldItalic
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Bold-italic font
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If omitted, then
ebRegular
is used.
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Example
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Sub Main()
Begin Dialog UserDialog 81,64,128,60,"Untitled"
CancelButton 80,32,40,14
OKButton 80,8,40,14
Text 4,8,68,44,"This text is displayed in the dialog box."
End Dialog
Dim d As UserDialog
Dialog d
End Sub
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See Also
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CancelButton (statement); CheckBox (statement); ComboBox (statement); Dialog (function); Dialog (statement); DropListBox (statement); GroupBox (statement); ListBox (statement); OKButton (statement); OptionButton (statement); OptionGroup (statement); Picture (statement); PushButton (statement); TextBox (statement); Begin Dialog (statement), PictureButton (statement).
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Note
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Accelerators are underlined, and the Alt+letter accelerator combination is used.
8-point MS Sans Serif is the default font used within user dialogs.
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CIMPLICITY
