RichEdit (wfxRichEdit)

Properties

Name Description
AcceptsReturn Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether the multiline textbox will accept the Enter character as input.
AcceptsTab Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether the multiline textbox will accept the Tab character as input.
AllowDrop Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether the control will accept data that is dragged onto it.
Anchor Specifies how a control anchors to the edges of its Form.
BackColor Gets or sets the background color of the form. Refer to the Colors object.
BorderStyle Gets or sets the border style of the control. Refer to the ControlBorderStyle enum.
ColumnPosition Gets or sets the caret to the specified column (zero based) of the current line.
CtrlId Gets or sets a value indicating the control ID of the control.
CtrlType Gets or sets the control type value. Always ControlType.RichEdit and used when adding control to the application’s form collection.
Enabled Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether the control can respond to user interaction.
Focused Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether the control has input focus.
Font Gets or sets the font for the control. Refer to the Font object.
ForeColor Gets or sets the foreground color of the control. Refer to the Colors object.
Height Gets or sets the height of the control.
HideSelection Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether the selection should be hidden when the control loses focus.
hWindow Gets the Windows handle (hwnd) of the control.
hWindowParent Gets or sets the Windows handle (hwnd) of the parent control.
Left Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the left edge of the control and the left edge of its container's client area (normally the form).
LinePosition Gets or sets the caret to the specified line (zero based).
Location Gets or sets the top and left position of the control. Get: returns wfxPoint object. Set: (left, top).
Locked Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether the control can be moved or resized.
MaxLength Gets or sets a value indicating the maximum number of characters that can be entered into the control.
MultiLine Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether the text in the edit control can span more than one line.
Parent Gets or sets the parent container of the control.
PasswordChar Gets or sets a character to display for password input in a single line edit control.
ReadOnly Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether the text can be edited.
SelectionStart Gets or sets a value indicating the start of the selected text.
SelectionLength Gets or sets a value indicating the length of the selected text.
Size Gets or sets the size of the form. Get: returns wfxSize object. Set: (width, height)
TabIndex Gets or sets the position that the control occupies in the TAB position.
TabStop Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether the user can use the TAB key to give focus to the control.
Tag Gets or sets user defined text associated with the form.
Text Gets or sets the text (caption) associated with this form.
TextAlign Gets or sets a value indicating the alignment of the text on a control. Refer to TextAlignment enum.
TextScrollBars Gets or sets the value to indicate what scrollbars to display. Refer to the ScrollBars enum.
Top Gets or sets the distance, in pixels, between the top edge of the control and the top edge of its container's client area (normally the form).
Visible Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether the control is displayed.
Width Gets or sets the width of the control.
WordWrap Gets or sets a value (true/false) indicating whether text is automatically word wrapped for multiline controls.

Methods

Name Description
Hide Conceals the control from the user.
Refresh Forces the form to invalidate its client area and immediately redraw itself and any child controls.
SelectNextControl Moves the input control to the next (True) or previous (False) control in the tab order.
SetBounds Sets the bounds of the control to the specified location and size. SetBounds(left, top, width, height).
Show Creates and displays the control to the user.

Events

Name Description
AllEvents Special handler where all events are routed through. Use this handler if you prefer to use the Win32 api style messages and wParam and lParam parameters. Set the Handled element of EventArgs to true if you handle a message and do not want Windows to perform any further processing on the message.
Click Occurs when the client area of the control is clicked.
Destroy Occurs immediately before the control is about to be destroyed and all resources associated with it released.
DropFiles Occurs when an object is dragged and dropped onto the control and the AllowDrop property of the control is set to True.
GotFocus Occurs when the control receives focus.
LostFocus Occurs when the control loses focus.
KeyDown Occurs when a key is pressed while the control has focus.
KeyPress Occurs when a character, space or backspace key is pressed while the control has focus.
KeyUp Occurs when a key is released while the control has focus.
MouseDoubleClick Occurs when the control is double clicked by the mouse.
MouseDown Occurs when the mouse pointer is over the control and a mouse button is pressed.
MouseEnter Occurs when the mouse pointer enters the control.
MouseHover Occurs when the mouse pointer rests on the control.
MouseLeave Occurs when the mouse pointer leaves the control.
MouseMove Occurs when the mouse pointer is moved over the control.
MouseUp Occurs when the mouse pointer is over the control and a mouse button is released.
TextChanged Occurs when the Text property is changed by either a programmatic modification or user interaction.
SelectionChanged Occurs when the selection or position within the control changes.
ControlBorderStyle
Enum ControlBorderStyle
   None = 1
   FixedSingle  
   Fixed3D 
End Enum
TextAlignment
Enum TextAlignment
   Left = 1 
   Right  
   Center 
end enum
CharacterCase
Enum CharacterCase
   Normal = 1
   Upper
   Lower
End Enum
ScrollBars
Enum ScrollBars
   None = 1
   Horizontal
   Vertical
   Both
End Enum
wfxSize
Type wfxSize
   private:
      _Width  as Long
      _Height as long 

   public:
      Declare Property Width() As Long
      Declare Property Width( ByVal nValue As Long )
      Declare Property Height() As Long
      Declare Property Height( ByVal nValue As Long )
      Declare Function IsEmpty() as Boolean
      Declare Constructor ( byval nWidth as long = 0, byval nHeight as long = 0)
End Type
wfxPoint
Type wfxPoint
   private:
      _x as Long
      _y as long 

   public:
      Declare Property x() As Long
      Declare Property x( ByVal nValue As Long )
      Declare Property y() As Long
      Declare Property y( ByVal nValue As Long )
      Declare Function IsEmpty() as Boolean
      Declare Constructor ( byval xPos as long = 0, byval yPos as long = 0)
End Type