The IMetaAttributesEdit interface contains properties and methods of the MetaAttributesEdit development environment component.
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The Expression property determines the expression associated with the component. | |
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The RevisionsDimension property determines the revisions dictionary, from which data on the Revisions attribute is loaded to the component substitutions. |
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The EnableHyperlinks property determines whether a term can be displayed as a hyperlink. | |
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The Formula property determines a term formula. | |
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The Hyperlink property determines whether the expression, which index is an input parameter, is a hyperlink. | |
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The Terms property returns the terms (expressions) collection. | |
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The WantReturns property determines whether carriage return symbol can be inserted into the edited text. | |
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The WantTabs property determines whether a tab symbol can be inserted into the edited text. | |
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The WordWarp property determines whether the lines exceeding component length are wrapped to a 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. | |
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The BorderStyle property determines the style of a component border. | |
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The CanUndo property returns True if it is possible to undo text changes in the component. | |
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The CharacterCasing property determines the case of entered component characters. | |
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The HideSelection property determines whether the selected component text should remain the same when the focus goes to another component. | |
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The MaxLength property determines the maximum length of the entered text. | |
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The Modified property returns True if the component text has been changed. | |
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The ReadOnly property determines whether a user is able to change the component text. | |
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The SelLength property determines the length in characters of the selected text in the component. | |
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The SelStart property determines the position to start text selection in the component. | |
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The SelText property determines text selected in the component. |
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Align | The Align property determines component alignment within its parent component. |
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AllowDrag | The AllowDrag property determines whether an object can be dragged from a component. |
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AllowDrop | The AllowDrop property determines whether the component can accept a dragged object. |
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Anchors | The Anchors property returns settings determining % of the resize for the current component when the parent component is resized. |
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Brush | The Brush property determines the brush that is used to fill the component area. |
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ClientHeight | The ClientHeight property determines the height of the client component area. |
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ClientWidth | The ClientWidth property determines the width of the client component area. |
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Color | The Color property determines color of the component background. |
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Cursor | The Cursor property determines how the cursor looks like when is it hovered over a component during form execution. |
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Enabled | The Enabled property determines whether a component is available for the user. |
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Focused | The Focused property returns True if the focus is set to the component. |
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Font | The Font property determines parameters of the font that is used to display text in the component. |
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Height | The Height property determines component height in pixels. |
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HelpContext | The HelpContext property determines a unique index for a section of a context help for this component. |
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Hint | The Hint property determines a tooltip text displayed on hovering over the component. |
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HintTimeout | The HintTimeout property determines for how long a tooltip is displayed. |
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Left | The Left property determines a coordinate of the component left edge in pixels. |
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Parent | The Parent property determines a parent component. |
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ParentColor | The ParentColor property determines whether a component inherits the color of the parent component. |
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ParentFont | The ParentFont property determines whether a component uses the font of the parent component. |
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ParentShowHint | The ParentShowHint property determines when a tooltip is displayed. |
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PopupMenu | The PopupMenu property determines the context menu displayed when the component is clicked with the right mouse button. |
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Scrolls | The Scrolls property returns parameters of component's scrollbars. |
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ShowHint | The ShowHint property determines whether a tooltip is displayed when the component is hovered. |
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TabOrder | The TabOrder property determines a component position in a tab order. |
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TabStop | The TabStop property determines whether the component must be focused when the Tab button is pressed. |
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Text | The Text property determines a row identifying a component for the user. |
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Top | The Top property determines a coordinate of the component top edge in pixels. |
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Visible | The Visible property determines whether the component is displayed when a form is executed. |
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Width | The Width property sets component width in pixels. |
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ComponentCount | The ComponentCount property returns the number of child components located on the parent component. |
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Components | The Components property returns a child component, which index is passed via the input parameter. |
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Data | The Data property is used to store any custom data. |
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Name | The Name property determines the component name. |
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Tag | 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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AddAttribute | The AddAttribute method adds values of the specified attribute to the component substitutions. |
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ClearAttributes | The ClearAttributes method deletes values of all attributes from the component substitutions. |
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GetAttributeCount | The GetAttributeCount method returns the number of attributes, which values are added to the list of component substitutions. |
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RemoveAttribute | The RemoveAttribute method removes values of the specified attribute from the list of component substitutions. |
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The BeginUpdate method disables a set of internal mechanisms for accelerating insertion of terms into the component. | |
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The EndUpdate method restores work of internal mechanisms of the component, which were disabled for acceleration of insertion of terms into the component. | |
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The PutCustom method places the custom term into the specified position. | |
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The PutLiteral method places the literal term into the specified position. | |
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The PutTerm method places the term into the specified position. | |
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The Reparse method transforms editor text and redistributes terms in the component. |
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The Clear method deletes all text in the component. | |
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The ClearSelection method deletes selected text in component. | |
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The ClearUndo method is used to fix the changes of the Text property. | |
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The CopyToClipboard method copies selected data to clipboard. | |
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The CutToClipboard method cuts selected data to clipboard. | |
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The PasteFromClipboard method pastes data from clipboard. | |
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The SelectAll method selects all text in the component. | |
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The Undo method cancels last text change in the component. |
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The ClientToScreen method converts point coordinates specified relative to the component's coordinate system into screen coordinates. | |
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The DoDragDrop method enables the user to start dragging operation. | |
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The GetImage method returns a graphic presentation of a component together with all child components. | |
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The ScreenToClient method converts point's screen coordinates into coordinates specified relative to the component's coordinate system. | |
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The SetFocus method sets focus to this component. |
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