RichEdit.property – PB Docs 2018

columnname

The column with the RichText edit style for which
you want to get or set property values. You can specify the
column name or a pound sign (#) and the column
number.

property

A property for the column’s Edit style. Properties
and their settings are listed in the table below. The table
identifies the properties you can use with
SyntaxFromSql.

value

The value to be assigned to the
property.

AutoSelect

Whether to select the contents of the column
control automatically when it receives focus.

Values
are:

Yes — Select automatically.

No —
Do not select automatically.

You can use AutoSelect
with SyntaxFromSql. The setting applies to all the columns in
the generated syntax.

Painter: Auto Selection
option

DisplayOnly

Whether the column is display
only.

Values are:

Yes — Do not allow
the user to enter data; make the column display
only.

No — Allow the user to enter
data.

Painter: Display Only option

For
conditional control over column editing, use the Protect
property.

FocusRectangle

Whether a dotted rectangle (the focus rectangle)
surrounds the current row of the column when the column has
focus.

Values are:

Yes — Display the
focus rectangle.

No — Do not display the focus
rectangle.

You can use FocusRectangle with
SyntaxFromSql. The setting applies to all the columns in the
generated syntax.

Painter: Show Focus Rectangle
option

Limit

A number specifying the maximum number of
characters (0 to 32,767) that the user can enter. 0 means
unlimited.

Painter: Limit option.

NilIsNull

Whether to set the value of the column control to
null when the user leaves it blank.

Values
are:

Yes — Make the empty string
null.

No — Do not make the empty string
null.

Painter: Empty String is Null
option.

Required

Whether the column is required.

Values
are:

Yes — It is required.

No — It is
not required.

Painter: Required
option.

VScrollBar

Whether a vertical scroll bar displays in the
column control.

Values are:

Yes —
Display vertical scroll bars.

No — Do not display
vertical scroll bars.

Painter: Vertical Scroll Bar
option.