property

A property for the DataWindow RichText
presentation style. Properties and appropriate values are listed
in the table below.

value

A value to be assigned to the property.

BackColor

A long specifying the numeric value of
the background color of the text editing area. Values are -2 to
16,777,215.

For more information about color, see RGB.

Painter: Background Color group, General option.

ControlCharsVisible

Specifies whether control characters
(carriage returns, spaces, and tabs) are visible. Values are:

• Yes – Control
  characters are visible.

• No – Control characters are hidden.

Painter: RichText Presentation group, ControlChars Visible
option.

DisplayOnly

Specifies whether users can make changes
to the contents. Values are:

• Yes – The
  content, including text and input files, is protected (the user
  cannot edit it).

• No – The user can edit the content.

Painter: Display Only option.

HeaderFooter

(Read-only) Specifies whether the RichTextEdit
DataWindow has a header/footer section. This property must
be set in the painter and cannot be changed at runtime. Values are:

• Yes – The
  control has a header/footer section.

• No – The control does not have a header/footer
  section.

If a document has a header or footer and the HeaderFooter
property is set to no, then header/footer information in
the document is ignored. If the document is then saved in the same
file, the header/footer information is lost.

Painter: Header/Footer option.

InputField BackColor

A long specifying the default background
color for all input fields: –2 to 16,777,215.

Painter: Background Color group, Input Field option.

InputField NamesVisible

Specifies whether input field names are
displayed in input fields, rather than the input field values. Values
are:

• Yes – Input
  fields display.

• No – Input fields do not display.

The value you specify is ignored when the InputFieldsVisible
property is set to false.

Painter: RichText Presentation group, Input Field Names Visible
option.

InputFields Visible

Specifies whether input fields display
in the DataWindow object. Values are:

• Yes – Input
  fields display their names.

• No – Input fields display their data.

Painter: RichText Presentation group, Input Fields Visible
option.

PictureFrame

Specifies whether pictures are displayed
as empty frames. Values are:

• Yes – Pictures
  are displayed as empty frames.

• No – The pictures are displayed.

Painter: Pictures As Frame option.

PopMenu

Specifies whether the user has access
to a pop-up menu by clicking the right mouse button on the DataWindow.
The menu allows the user to cut and paste, insert a file, and select
formatting options. Values are:

• Yes – Pop-up
  menu is enabled.

• No – Pop-up menu is disabled.

Painter: PopUp Menu option.

ReadOnly

Specifies whether the user can change
the data and the text in the DataWindow. Values are:

• Yes – The
  DataWindow is read-only (text and data cannot be modified).

• No – The text and the data can be modified.

ReturnsVisible (obsolete)

Replaced by RichText.ControlCharsVisible
property.

RulerBar

Specifies whether a ruler bar is visible
above the editing area. If visible, the user can use it to see measurements
while setting tabs and margins on the tab bar (see the TabBar property
in this table). Values are:

• Yes – Ruler
  bar is visible.

• No – Ruler bar is hidden.

If the RichTextEdit pop-up menu is enabled, the user can use
it to turn ruler bar display on and off (see the PopMenu property
in this table).

Painter: RichText Bars group, Ruler option.

SpacesVisible

Specifies whether spaces are visible.
Values are:

• Yes – Spaces
  are visible.

• No – Spaces are hidden.

Painter: RichText Presentation group, Spaces Visible option.

TabBar

Specifies whether a bar for setting tabs
is visible above the editing area. Values are:

• Yes – Tab
  bar is visible.

• No – Tab bar is hidden.

If the pop-up menu is enabled, the user can use it to turn
tab bar display on and off (see the PopMenu property in this table).

Painter: RichText Bars group, Tab option.

TabsVisible

Specifies whether tabs are visible. Values
are:

• Yes – Spaces
  are visible.

• No – Spaces are hidden.

Painter: RichText Presentation group, Tabs Visible option.

ToolBar

Specifies whether a tool bar for formatting
text is visible above the editing area. Values are:

• Yes – Tool
  bar is visible.

• No – Tool bar is not visible.

If the pop-up menu is enabled, the user can use it to turn
tool bar display on and off (see the PopMenu property in this table).

Painter: RichText Bars group, Tool option.

WordWrap

Determines whether large blocks of text
that do not contain spaces wrap automatically to the next line when
the line reaches the margin. Values are:

• Yes – Automatic
  word wrap is enabled.

• No – Automatic word wrap is disabled. Users
  cannot enter characters beyond the right margin, and must move the
  cursor to a new line to continue entering text. If an inserted document
  conatins a block of text too large to fit on a line, the nonfitting
  characters are hidden.

Painter: Word Wrap option