Question/Topic: Multi-Line Text Field
Multi-Line Text Field
Simple Text fields accept text in one line. Characters typed in can be alphanumeric (letters of alphabet and numbers); they also accept 'special characters' like: quotes, exclamation marks, percent signs, asterisks, etc.
How to use
This data type is useful for storing notes, comments, descriptions, addresses.
Functions (Popup Menu):
- Insert Current Date: inserts current date.
- Insert Current Time: inserts current time.
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- Undo: undoes the last changes;
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- Cut: deletes the selected text and copies it to the Clipboard;
- Copy: copies the selected text to the Clipboard;
- Paste: pastes text from the Clipboard;
- Clear: clears the content;
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- Select All: selects entire text;
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Load : loads the contents of the selected file into the field;
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Save : saves the contents of the field to a text file;
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- Font: allows you to select the font for all multi-line edit controls;
- Color: allows you to select the text and background color for all multi-line edit controls except numeric fields;
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Horizontal Scrollbar : displays or hides the horizontal scrollbar;
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- Spell Check: starts Spell Checker;
- Thesaurus: starts Thesaurus;
- Edit in MS Word: starts MS Word with the contents of the field;
Note: Spell Check, Thesaurus, Edit in MS Word functions require MS Word 97 or higher to be installed.
Example:
Data Page from Book Organizer Deluxe.
