# FormField.DescriptiveText Property

> Gets or sets a descriptive text for a form field. An empty string indicates that the form field has no such text. An empty string can also be used to delete a previously set text.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 34.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl > FormField.DescriptiveText Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/formfield/descriptivetext-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/formfield/descriptivetext-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/formfield/descriptivetext-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets a descriptive text for a form field. An empty string indicates that the form field has no such text. An empty string can also be used to delete a previously set text.

### Syntax

```csharp
public string DescriptiveText { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property DescriptiveText As String
```

### Examples

The following example retrieves the form field at the current input position and inspects it by using `FormField.DescriptiveText`.

```csharp
CheckFormField field = new(false) { Name = "AcceptTerms" };
textControl.FormFields.Add(field);
FormField formField = textControl.FormFields.GetItem();

formField.DescriptiveText = "Quarterly sales by region";
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(formField.DescriptiveText))
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Descriptive Text: {formField.DescriptiveText}");
}
```

```vbnet
Dim field As New CheckFormField(False) With { .Name = "AcceptTerms" }
textControl.FormFields.Add(field)
Dim formField As FormField = textControl.FormFields.GetItem()

formField.DescriptiveText = "Quarterly sales by region"
If Not String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(formField.DescriptiveText) Then
    Console.WriteLine($"Descriptive Text: {formField.DescriptiveText}")
End If
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [FormField Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/formfield/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [FormField.Enabled Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol/formfield/enabled-property/llms-full.txt)