Multiline Edit Box

 

A edit box type of control which allows a user to enter multiple lines of text.

To resize the Multiline Edit Box, simply click on the edge and drag with the left mouse button.

You can specify a default string to display, by assigning a value to the Variable, named in the Variable attribute, before calling the Dialog function

Whatever the user types in the Multiline Edit Box is placed in the variable named in the Variable attribute

 

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Control Attributes

 

Calendar

Check Box

Com Control

DateTime

Drop-down Combo Box

Edit Box

File List Box

Group Box

Item List Box

Menu Bar

Menu Item

Multiline Edit Box

Picture

Picture Button

Push Button

Radio Button

Report View

Spinner

Static Text

Variable Text

 

 

For example, the line in the script generated by the WIL Dialog Editor may look like:

 

MyDialog003=`094,070,135,089,MULTILINEBOX,"Multiline_1",MyVariable5,"Multiline edit 1",DEFAULT,3,DEFAULT,DEFAULT,DEFAULT,DEFAULT`