Text Box Control

Defines a single-line text entry field.

Figure 1. Text box control
Text box control

Format 

<TextBoxControl controller_attributes columns="integer" >
     -- advanced custom layout options --
</TextBoxControl>

where:

controller_attributes are as described under Controller Attributes.

columns is a positive integer specifying the number of character columns that the text box spans. Default is 20.

The advanced custom layout options provide a fine degree of control over the positioning and display of screen components. See the topic Advanced Custom Layout for more information.

Example

The code to create the text box shown earlier is:

<TextBoxControl property="string1" label="String 1" labelKey="string1.LABEL"/>

The input data type for the text box is defined in the Properties section for the relevant node; in this case, in the declaration for the string1 property:

<Property name="string1" valueType="string"/>