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- Prompt Control User Manual
- Copyright (C) 1993,1994 Andrew S. Dean
-
-
- Description
- -----------
- The Prompt Control, PROMPT.VBX is an enhanced Text Box
- control that allows users to enter command-line style
- input. The Prompt Control can be used to implement behavior
- similar to the Visual Basic debug window, or the dot prompt
- which appears in many xBase products.
-
- The Prompt Control fires an event, Enter, when the user
- presses the enter key on the keyboard. The control
- automatically parses the current line of text in the control
- into separate words, and returns the individual words in the
- Words(i) property. The Prompt Control also provides a history
- mechanism. By using the up arrow key, the user can re-run
- (or modify and then run) previously entered commands.
-
-
-
- Custom Properties
- -----------------
- AppendText Used to append text to the contents of the control.
- This property is used to display the results of a
- command which was entered in the prompt control.
- Use a carriage return/line feed (Chr$(13) + Chr$(10))
- sequence to force line breaks. Write-only.
-
- Command Contains the last command line entered into the
- control. Read-only.
-
- NumWords The number of words parsed out of the last
- command. Read only.
-
- ScrollBars Indicates which scroll bars should appear on the
- control at runtime.
- 0 - None
- 1 - Horizontal
- 2 - Vertical
- 3 - Both
-
- Words(i) The last command entered by the user, parsed
- using space characters as word delimiters. The
- Words array is indexed from 0 to (NumWords - 1).
- Read only.
-
- WordDelimiters Characters used to separate individual words
- in a command. Any number of consecutive
- delimiters has the same effect as a single
- delimiter. The default delimiter is a single
- SPACE character.
-
-
- Custom Events
- -------------
- Enter Generated when the user presses the Enter key on
- the keyboard. The single argument, InputLine,
- is a read-only string which contains the entire
- text of the command line.
-
-
- Standard Properties See general VB documentation for details.
- -------------------
- Align BackColor
- BorderStyle Enabled
- FontBold FontItalic
- FontName FontSize
- FontStrikethru FontUnderline
- ForeColor Height
- HelpContextID hWnd
- Index Left
- MousePointer Name
- Parent TabIndex
- TabStop Tag
- Text Top
- Visible Width
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-
- Standard Events - See general VB documentation for details.
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- Click DblClick
- DragOver DragDrop
- GotFocus KeyDown
- KeyPress KeyUp
- MouseDown MouseMove
- MouseUp
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-
- Standard Methods - See general VB documentation for details.
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- Drag
- LinkSend
- Move
- Refresh
- ZOrder
-