For Menus and controls that display text and DatePicker
controls
Applies to
Menus and controls that display text and DatePicker
controls
Description
The Text property specifies the text displayed in the menu object
or control.
For menus, if a Menu item has a shortcut key (for example, F1 or
Alt+a), Text includes the shortcut key. If the Text property of a Menu
item is a single dash (-), the item displays as a separator (a
horizontal line the width of the menu), and all other properties for the
item are ignored.
In DatePicker controls, the Text property is a read-only property
that is equivalent to the Value property with the specified Format or
CustomFormat applied. The Text property set for a DatePicker control
must be capable of being converted to a DateTime value. This property
cannot be set in the painter.
Usage
In a painter
To specify text to be displayed in a Menu item or
control:
-
Enter the desired text in the Text field on the General page
of the object’s Properties view.
In scripts
The Text property takes a string value. The following line
specifies that the text of a check box is Male:
|
1 |
cb_1.Text = "Male" |
The following statements set the Format property to allow a custom
format, then set the custom format, then return the text of the
DatePicker control to the string variable ls_text:
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1 2 3 4 |
string ls_text dp_1.Format = dtfCustom! dp_1.CustomFormat = "MMMM dd, yyyy" ls_text = dp_1.text |