Text Box – Xpoda Support Center

It is a form tool in which the information to be expressed in plain text can be entered in the form. Text contents will be entered using this box.

Text box tool icon at Toolbox.

How it looks like on the Canvas

Remarks

It is a tool that information which will be stated with plain text in the form can be entered.

Properties

Properties of the form tool;

Name: The name of the tool is written.
Info Text: Information text is written about how to enter information within the tool on the Client side.
Default Value: The value entered here comes as the default into the tool.
Table Length: The length of the information which will be saved to SQL is entered.
Text Size: Sets the size of the tool.
Help Text: It is a text entered for releasing an explanation when it comes to the mouse on the tool.
Icon: You can choose from the Icon area, to add an icon to the text box tool. You can change the color and location of the icon.
Text Fonts: To change the font of text in the tool, you can use the Text Fonts area.
Text Type: It arranges type of the text; bold, italic, underline, text location; right align, left-aligned, or centered.
Color: It arranges the interior and/or the text color of the tool.
Border: Sets border-radius for Text box tool.
Height / Width: It arranges the tool's height and width.
From Left / Top: It arranges the distance of the tool from left and top.
Mask: It arranges the tool entry for phone, password, and credit cards.
Linked Object: When the object element runs, populated by the object area information.
Linked Object Area: The selection is made from the sections of the linked object field.
Tab Order: It indicates the order of the tool within the form
Multi-Line: It allows multi-line to be written in the tool.
Fit horizontal: It fits the tool into a full screen on the user's screen.
Pin Right: It aligns the tool to the right
Display: It ensures not to display the tool.
Form Only: It arranges only as in the form by not saving the information entered into the tool in SQL.
User Password: Encrypts the values typed in the text box.

Actions

On Focus: Assign an “Action” as on focus handler. For more information please click here.
On Blur: Assign an “Action” as on blur handler. For more information please click here.
When the value changes: Assign an “Action” as on value changes handler. For more information please click here.
Keyboard Input: Assign an “Action” as on keyboard input handler. For more information please click here.
Validation: Assign an “Action” as on value tool handler. For more information please click here.
Calculate: Assign an “Action” as a calculate handler for the grid tool. For more information please click here.
Icon Clicked: Assign an “Action” as click handler for the icon, clicking on this icon will work. For more information please click here.

Examples Used

To edit, go to the Property Panel which is located on the right. Write an area name in the Name part, this area saves to the database. (For example; you can write in the Label text area as “Country”.)

You can write your text in the Info Text area as “Write…”, to be information text in the Text Box. This text will not be saved anywhere. It will appear visually.

Client view on screen

If you want to enter data as the default value, you can write in the Default Value part ( ex; United States). It fills the text box area on the client screen.

Client view on screen

For instance; the Border area is “50“, it seems like elliptical.

Client view on screen

You can edit it for your format from the Mask area and it seems your format in the client.

No => No mask

Client view on screen

The text box is used as a single line data entry by default.

Linked Object and Linked Object Area properties make it seems an object element coming from the action. When the object element is running, this information is filled according to the object area.

If an example must be given it can be like this. It will be told more detailed in the following subjects. For example, when a form is opened, an object like the one in the picture is created with the action -create an object-. So the last value is taken as the object on the textbook named “Country” located in the” EX_TEXT” table.

This object is now Linked object and Linked object area on the Text box named “Text2”. It can be seen in the tabs. When you go to the Client screen and save a text on the “Country“ area, this text will be seen in the text box named “Text2”.

The operation of the form

Property Panel of the text box

One of the important properties in the Text Box is the Multi-Line. If this property is Yes, you should increase the width of the text box and the number of characters. So you can write more text in a larger area. You can adjust as “ 500 “in Table Length and Multi-Line is chosen as “Yes”. Thus, you can write comments at length.

Client view on screen

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