PDFFormFieldText object

PDFFormFieldText object is one of the PDF Builder objects, and is derived from PDFFormField. PDFFormFieldText is used for adding a form field of the text type in a PDF document.

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Properties

PDFFormFieldText provides the following properties. In addition, it inherits the properties from its parent, PDFFormField.

PDFFormFieldText property

Datatype

Description

Alignment

PDFFormFieldButtonStyle

Gets or sets the alignment mode of the text.

CharSpacing

Real

Gets or sets the char spacing of the text.

ClassDefinition

PowerObject

An object of type PowerObject containing information about the class definition of the object or control.

CurrentValue

Boolean

Gets or sets the current value.

DefaultValue

Boolean

Gets or sets the default value.

Font

PDFFont

Gets or sets the font.

MaxChar

Long

Gets or sets the maximum characters in the text.

MultiLine

Boolean

Gets or sets whether to show the text in multi-line mode.

Password

Boolean

Gets or sets whether to show the text as password.

Scrollable

Boolean

Gets or sets whether the text is scrollable.

Tooltip

String

Gets or sets the tooltip.


Events

PDFFormFieldText event

Occurs

Constructor

Immediately before the Open event occurs in the window.

Destructor

Immediately after the Close event occurs in the window.


Functions

PDFFormFieldText provides the following functions.

PDFFormFieldText function

Datatype returned

Description

ClassName

String

Returns the name assigned to the control.

Clone

PDFFormFieldCheckBox

Clones the current object.

GetContextService

Integer

Creates a reference to a context-specific instance of the specified service.

GetParent

PowerObject

Returns a reference to the name of the parent object.

GetReadOnly

None

Gets the read-only state of the current object.

PostEvent

Boolean

Adds an event to the end of the message queue for the control.

SetReadOnly

Boolean

Sets the read-only state of the current object.

TriggerEvent

Integer

Triggers a specified event in the control and executes the script for the event.

TypeOf

Object

Returns the type of the control.