Rapid-Q Documentation by William Yu (c)1999-2000	Appendix A: QRICHEDIT

QRICHEDIT Component

QRichedit implements a fully featured multi-line text edit control.

QRichedit Properties

Field	Type	R/W	Default	Support

Align	INTEGER	RW	alNone	W
	Align determines how the control aligns within its parent control.
Alignment	INTEGER	RW	taLeftJustify	W
	Alignment determines how the text is aligned within the edit control.
BorderStyle	INTEGER	RW	bsSingle	W
Color	INTEGER	RW		W
Enabled	INTEGER	RW	True	WXG
Font	QFONT	W		WX
Handle	INTEGER	R		W
Height	INTEGER	RW		WXG
HideScrollBars	INTEGER	RW	True	WG
HideSelection	INTEGER	RW	True	W
Hint	STRING	RW		WG
Left	INTEGER	RW	0	WXG
Line	ARRAY of STRING	RW		WXG
LineCount	INTEGER	RW		WXG
Modified	INTEGER	R		WG
Parent	QFORM/QPANEL/QTABCONTROL	W		WXG
PopupMenu	QPOPUPMENU	W		W
Plaintext	INTEGER	RW	False	W
Readonly	INTEGER	RW	False	WXG
ScrollBars	INTEGER	RW	ssNone	WXG
SelAttributes	QFONT	W		W
SelLength	INTEGER	RW		WXG
	SelLength is the number of characters that are selected.
SelStart	INTEGER	RW		WXG
	SelStart is the position of the first selected character in the text. If there is no selected text, SelStart indicates the position of the cursor.
SelText	STRING	RW		WXG
	SelText is the selected portion of the edit control's text.
ShowHint	INTEGER	RW	False	WG
TabOrder	INTEGER	RW		W
Tag	INTEGER	RW		WXG
Text	STRING	RW		WXG
Top	INTEGER	RW	0	WXG
WantTabs	INTEGER	RW	False	W
	WantTabs determines whether the user can insert tab characters into the text.
Width	INTEGER	RW		WXG
WhereX	INTEGER	R		WXG
WhereY	INTEGER	R		WXG
Wordwrap	INTEGER	RW	True	W
Visible	INTEGER	RW	True	WXG

QRichedit Methods

Method	Type	Description	Params	Support

AddStrings	SUBI	Add strings	STRING, Infinite	WXG
Clear	SUB	Clear entire text	0	WXG
CopyToClipboard	SUB	Copy selected text to clipboard	0	W
CutToClipboard	SUB	Cut selected text to clipboard	0	W
LoadFromFile	SUB (FileName$)	Load text from a file	1	WXG
LoadFromStream	SUB (Stream AS QFILESTREAM/QMEMORYSTREAM)	Load text from a stream	1	WX
PasteFromClipboard	SUB	Paste text from clipboard	0	W
SaveToFile	SUB (FileName$)	Save text to a file	1	WXG
SaveToStream	SUB (Stream AS QFILESTREAM/QMEMORYSTREAM)	Save text to a stream	1	W
SelectAll	SUB	Selects all text from Richedit	0	WXG

QRichedit Events

Event	Type	Occurs when...	Params	Support

OnChange	VOID	Text changes	0	WG
OnKeyDown	SUB (Key AS WORD, Shift AS INTEGER)	Key held down	2	WG
OnKeyPress	SUB (Key AS BYTE)	User presses a key	1	WG
OnKeyUp	SUB (Key AS WORD, Shift AS INTEGER)	Key released	2	WG
OnMouseDown	SUB (Button%, X%, Y%, Shift%)	Mouse button held down	4	WX
OnMouseMove	SUB (X%, Y%, Shift%)	Mouse moves	2	WX
OnMouseUp	SUB (Button%, X%, Y%, Shift%)	Mouse button is released	4	WX

QRichedit Examples

  $INCLUDE "RAPIDQ.INC"

  DIM Form AS QForm
  DIM RichEdit AS QRichEdit

  RichEdit.Parent = Form
  RichEdit.Scrollbars = ssBoth
  RichEdit.AddString "Hello world!"

  Form.ShowModal

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