Description

Creates a static box user control on the user window that is specified by windowID.

A static box is simply some text, used to label other controls, or provide feedback.

The control is initially placed in the top-left corner of the user window, and must be placed by using the -pos option, or by using the setControlPos command.

The command returns the control ID of the user control, which should be saved for later operations on the control.

Functional area

User Window

Command syntax

Syntax

createTextBox parentWindowID[-hidden] [-text string] [-pos integer array] [-form integer] [-right] [-center] [-multiLine] [-password] [-readOnly]

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Comments
`windowId`	int	yes	ID of user window to place the control on.

Flags

Name	Flag arguments	Argument type	Exclusive to	Comments
`right`	0	—	—	Specifies that the text be right justified in the control. The default is left justified.
`center`	0	—	—	Specifies that the text be centered in the control. The default is left justified.
`multiLine`	0	—	—	Specifies that text be allowed to span more than one line. This does not cause text to automatically wrap. Rather, hitting Ctrl+Enter will start a new line. Default is single line.
`password`	0	—	—	Specifies that the text box show *s in place of the text. Good for passwords.
`readOnly`	0	—	—	Specifies that the text be uneditable. No modification to the text can be made by the user.
`hidden`	0	—	—	Specifies that the control should be hidden initially. Call showControl to subsequently make it visible. The default is for it to be visible.
`text`	1	string	—	The text that gets displayed with the control. The default is no text.
`pos`	1	integer array	—	A four-element int array representing a rectangle, which specifies the initial size/position of the control relative to the top left corner of the user window. The element order is Left, Top, Right, and Bottom. The default is a text box 20 units high by 50 units wide.
`form`	1	integer	—	Control ID of the form user control which will dynamically position this control.

Return value

integer

Examples

// Create a Text Box user control.
int $windowId;
int $controlId; 
int $rect[4];

// First create a user window to place the control on
$windowId = `createWindow "MyWindow"`; 
// Specify the size of the control - 100 units wide
$rect[0] = 20;  // Left
$rect[1] = 20;  // Top
$rect[2] = 120; // Right
$rect[3] = 40;  // Bottom 
  
// Create the control on the window, passing
// in the Window Id of the user window we just created.
$controlId = `createTextBox $windowId-text "This is some text!" -pos $rect`;

Additional information

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