The DBMemo class implements the DBMemo development environment component that displays and edits data in multistring text editor.
| Property name | Brief description | |
| The DataField property determines name of the data source field, to which the component is connected. | ||
| The DataSource property specifies the data source, to which the component is connected. | ||
| The Field property returns the parameters of the field, with which the component is connected. |
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| The Alignment property determines the alignment of the text label inside the component field. | ||
| The Lines property determines component line collection. | ||
| The ScrollBars property determines the availability of text scrollbars in the Memo component field. | ||
| The WantReturns property determines whether it is possible to insert a carriage return symbol into the edited text. | ||
| The WantTabs property determines whether it is possible to insert a tab symbol into the edited text. | ||
| The WordWrap property determines whether the words that exceed the length of the component are wrapped to the new line. |
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| The AutoSelect property determines whether all the text of a component must be selected, when a component receives focus. | ||
| The BorderStyle property determines the style of a component border. | ||
| The CanUndo property returns True if it is possible to undo text changes in the component. | ||
| The CharacterCasing property determines the case of entered component characters. | ||
| The HideSelection property determines whether the selected component text should remain the same when the focus goes to another component. | ||
| The MaxLength property determines the maximum length of the entered text. | ||
| The Modified property returns True if the component text has been changed. | ||
| The ReadOnly property determines whether a user is able to change the component text. | ||
| The SelLength property determines the length in characters of the selected text in the component. | ||
| The SelStart property determines the position to start text selection in the component. | ||
| The SelText property determines text selected in the component. |
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| The Align property determines component alignment within its parent component. | ||
| The AllowDrag property determines whether an object can be dragged from a component. | ||
| The AllowDrop property determines whether the component can accept a dragged object. | ||
| The Anchors property returns settings determining % of the resize for the current component when the parent component is resized. | ||
| The Brush property determines the brush that is used to fill the component area. | ||
| The ClientHeight property determines the height of the client component area. | ||
| The ClientWidth property determines the width of the client component area. | ||
| The Color property determines color of the component background. | ||
| The Cursor property determines how the cursor looks like when is it hovered over a component during form execution. | ||
| The Enabled property determines whether a component is available for the user. | ||
| The Focused property returns True if the focus is set to the component. | ||
| The Font property determines parameters of the font that is used to display text in the component. | ||
| The Height property determines component height in pixels. | ||
| The HelpContext property determines a unique index for a section of a context help for this component. | ||
| The Hint property determines a tooltip text displayed on hovering over the component. | ||
| The HintTimeout property determines for how long a tooltip is displayed. | ||
| The Left property determines a coordinate of the component left edge in pixels. | ||
| The Parent property determines a parent component. | ||
| The ParentColor property determines whether a component inherits the color of the parent component. | ||
| The ParentFont property determines whether a component uses the font of the parent component. | ||
| The ParentShowHint property determines when a tooltip is displayed. | ||
| The PopupMenu property determines the context menu displayed when a component is clicked with the right mouse button. | ||
| The Scrolls property returns parameters of component's scrollbars. | ||
| The ShowHint property determines whether a tooltip is displayed when the component is hovered. | ||
| The TabOrder property determines a component position in a tab order. | ||
| The TabStop property determines whether the component must be focused when the Tab button is pressed. | ||
| The Text property determines a row identifying a component for the user. | ||
| The Top property determines a coordinate of the component top edge in pixels. | ||
| The Visible property determines whether the component is displayed when a form is executed. | ||
| The Width property sets component width in pixels. |
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| The ComponentCount property returns the number of child components located on the parent component. | ||
| The Components property returns a child component, which index is passed via the input parameter. | ||
| The Data property is used to store any custom data. | ||
| The Name property determines the component name. | ||
| The Tag property is not used by the compiler. The user can change the value of this property and use it at his discretion. |
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| The GetCharPos method returns the number of the cursor position in the line. | ||
| The GetLinePos method returns the number of the line in which the cursor is. |
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| The Clear method deletes all text in the component. | ||
| The ClearSelection method deletes selected text in component. | ||
| The ClearUndo method is used to fix the changes of the Text property. | ||
| The CopyToClipboard method copies selected data to clipboard. | ||
| The CutToClipboard method cuts selected data to clipboard. | ||
| The PasteFromClipboard method pastes data from clipboard. | ||
| The SelectAll method selects all text in the component. | ||
| The Undo method cancels last text change in the component. |
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| Outdated. The BringToFront method brings a component to the foreground. | ||
| The ClientToScreen method converts point coordinates specified relative to the component's coordinate system into screen coordinates. | ||
| The DoDragDrop method enables the user to start dragging operation. | ||
| The GetImage method returns a graphic presentation of a component together with all child components. | ||
| The ScreenToClient method converts point's screen coordinates into coordinates specified relative to the component's coordinate system. | ||
| Outdated. The SendToBack method is used to send a component to the background. | ||
| The SetFocus method sets focus to this component. |
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| The OnChange event occurs after changing the Text property of the edited component. |
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| The OnBeginDrag event occurs for the component when the user starts to drag an object from the component. | ||
| The OnClick event occurs if the user clicks the component area with the main mouse button. | ||
| The OnControlMove event occurs when the component is moved. | ||
| The OnControlResize event occurs when the component is resized. | ||
| The OnDblClick event occurs if the user double-clicks the component area with the mouse button. | ||
| The OnDragDrop event occurs for the component if the user drops a dragged object over it. | ||
| The OnDragEnter event occurs when a dragged object enters the component area. | ||
| The OnDragLeave event occurs when a dragged object leaves component borders. | ||
| The OnDragOver event occurs for the component when the user drags an object over it. | ||
| The OnEnter event occurs when the component receives focus. | ||
| The OnExit event occurs when the component loses focus. | ||
| The OnHScroll event occurs when horizontal scrollbar slider changes its position. | ||
| The OnKeyDown event occurs if the component is focused and a keyboard key is pressed. | ||
| The OnKeyPress event occurs if the component is focused when the user presses a character key. | ||
| The OnKeyPreview event occurs prior to each event related to key pressing. | ||
| The OnKeyUp event occurs if the component is focused and the user releases any button previously pressed. | ||
| The OnMouseDown event occurs if the pointer is in the component area and a mouse key is pressed. | ||
| The OnMouseEnter event occurs when mouse cursor enters the component area. | ||
| The OnMouseHover event occurs when mouse cursor is held in the component area. | ||
| The OnMouseLeave event occurs when mouse cursor leaves the component area. | ||
| The OnMouseMove event occurs when the cursor is moved over the component. | ||
| The OnMouseUp event occurs when the mouse button is released and the cursor is in the component area. | ||
| The OnMouseWheel event occurs if the component is focused when the user rotates a mouse wheel. | ||
| The OnVScroll event occurs when vertical scrollbar slider changes its position. |
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