TX Text Control ActiveX

Form Fields

Topic

Form fields turn a TXTextControl document into a form the user fills in: text fields, check boxes, combo boxes, drop-down lists and date fields. The members below insert each kind, set its items, check characters and date formats and report the user's input.

Properties

Member	Description
`TXTextControl.FormFieldCheckedChar`	This property sets or returns the character which is used to display a checkbox in the checked state.
`TXTextControl.FormFieldCheckedChars`	This property returns possible characters which can be used to display the checkbox in the checked state.
`TXTextControl.FormFieldDate`	This property sets or returns the date of a date field.
`TXTextControl.FormFieldDateFormat`	This property sets or returns the format string which is used to display the date of a date field.
`TXTextControl.FormFieldDateFormats`	This property returns format picture strings which can be used to format the date.
`TXTextControl.FormFieldEmptyWidth`	This property sets or returns the width of a combobox, dropdown list, date field or form textfield which is used when the field is empty.
`TXTextControl.FormFieldItems`	This property sets or returns the items of a combobox or dropdown list as a sequence of strings, separated through TAB (9) characters.
`TXTextControl.FormFieldUncheckedChar`	This property sets or returns the character which is used to display a checkbox in the unchecked state.
`TXTextControl.FormFieldUncheckedChars`	This property returns possible characters which can be used to display the checkbox in the unchecked state.

Methods

Member	Description
`TXTextControl.FormCheckBoxInsert`	This method inserts a checkbox field into the document at the current text input position.
`TXTextControl.FormComboBoxInsert`	This method inserts a combobox into the document at the current text input position.
`TXTextControl.FormDateFieldInsert`	This method inserts a date field into the document at the current text input position.
`TXTextControl.FormDropDownListInsert`	This method inserts a dropdown list into the document at the current text input position.
`TXTextControl.FormFieldDialog`	This method opens a built-in dialog box to set formatting attributes for the specified form field.
`TXTextControl.FormTextFieldInsert`	This method inserts a text input field for a form into the document at the current text input position.

Events

Member	Description
`TXTextControl.FormCheckStateChanged`	Occurs when the check state of a checkbox has been changed.
`TXTextControl.FormDateChanged`	Occurs after the date of a date formfield has been changed.
`TXTextControl.FormFieldTextChanged`	Occurs after the text of a text formfield has been changed.
`TXTextControl.FormSelectedItemChanged`	Occurs after the selected item of a combobox or a dropdown list has been changed.