Text Property

This property returns the current text value in the system clipboard.

This property sets or returns the current value of the control.

This is true even when the ShowDropDownListValues property is False and the Style property is ComboDropDownList (a static, description-only list). In this scenario the Text property will return the underlying value of the currently selected description.

BE AWARE THAT:

Setting the Text property of a host field in Designer will override the value sent through from the host for that field. If you have accidentally set the Text property of a host field in Designer and you wish to revert back to the default host value, it is not enough to delete the entered value - you will need to position your cursor in the Text property and click the Default button at the top of the properties grid.

TIP:

If a combo box is bound to a data source via the DataField and DataSource properties, any value specified in the Text property at Design-time will be ignored.

This property returns the current value of the specified data grid cell.

BE AWARE THAT:

Setting the Text property of a host field in Designer will override the value sent through from the host for that field. If you have accidentally set the Text property of a host field in Designer and you wish to revert back to the default host value, it is not enough to delete the entered value - you will need to position your cursor in the Text property and click the Default button at the top of the properties grid.

This property returns the text of the specified column's header.

There may be times when you wish to enter a multi-line string as the column header text. There are two ways to do this:

1. Within Designer, enable the Text property's multi-line entry mode by clicking the arrow next to the entry area () and typing in the relevant string. The string will appear in the control as it appears in the entry field, with any carriage returns respected.
2. Enter the Text property as an expression, preceding the expression with an equals sign (=), surrounding any strings in quotes and using the concatenation symbol (&) ASCII code Chr(13) to insert line breaks - this method is useful if you wish to set multi-line text at runtime.

BE AWARE THAT:

Setting the Text property of a host field in Designer will override the value sent through from the host for that field. If you have accidentally set the Text property of a host field in Designer and you wish to revert back to the default host value, it is not enough to delete the entered value - you will need to position your cursor in the Text property and click the Default button at the top of the properties grid.

This property sets or returns the current value of the control.

BE AWARE THAT:

Setting the Text property of a host field in Designer will override the value sent through from the host for that field. If you have accidentally set the Text property of a host field in Designer and you wish to revert back to the default host value, it is not enough to delete the entered value - you will need to position your cursor in the Text property and click the Default button at the top of the properties grid.

TIP:

If a control is bound to a data source via the DataField and DataSource properties then any value specified in the Text property at Design-time will be ignored.

This property sets or returns the display text for the specified function key.

BE AWARE THAT:

Setting the Text property of a host field in Designer will override the value sent through from the host for that field. If you have accidentally set the Text property of a host field in Designer and you wish to revert back to the default host value, it is not enough to delete the entered value - you will need to position your cursor in the Text property and click the Default button at the top of the properties grid.

This property returns the value of the current item in the list box. If the list comprises of value-description pairs, then only the value of the selected item will be returned in the Text property.

Not available at design-time and read-only at run-time.

The behavior of this property has changed from version 11 onwards.

This property sets or returns the current value of the control.

TIP:

If a control is bound to a data source via the DataField and DataSource properties then any value specified in the Text property at Design-time will be ignored.

This property sets or returns the current contents of the control.

There may be times when you wish to enter a multi-line string as the control's text. There are two ways to do this:

1. Within Designer, enable the Text property's multi-line entry mode by clicking the arrow next to the entry area () and typing the relevant string. The string will appear in the control as it appears in the entry field, with any carriage returns respected.
2. Enter the text property as an expression, preceding the expression with an equals sign (=), surrounding any strings in quotes and using the concatenation symbol (&) ASCII code Chr(13) to insert line breaks - this method is useful if you wish to set multi-line text at runtime.

BE AWARE THAT:

Setting the Text property of a host field in Designer will override any value sent through from the host for that field. If you have accidentally set the Text property of a host field in Designer and you wish to revert back to the default host value, it is not enough to delete the entered value - you will need to position your cursor in the Text property and click the Default button at the top of the properties grid.

TIP:

If a control is bound to a data source via the DataField and DataSource properties then any value specified in the Text property at Design-time will be ignored.