Specifying a rich text editor

You can select from the three rich text editors supported by Appeon PowerBuilder. The selected rich text editor will be applicable to the RichTextEdit control, the RichText DataWindow object, and the RichText edit style.

To select a rich text editor:

  1. In the Application painter, select the General tab page.

  2. On the General tab page, click the Additional Properties button to display the Application properties dialog box.

  3. In the Application properties dialog box, select the RichTextEdit Control tab, and then select a rich text editor.

    For 32-bit applications, you can select Built-in TX Text Control ActiveX.

    For 64-bit applications, you can select Built-in TX Text Control ActiveX or Microsoft RichEdit Control.

    For more information about the rich text editors, see the section called “Rich text editors” in Application Techniques; and for feature difference of the rich text editor, see the section called “Feature difference between TX Text Control (64-bit) and Microsoft RichEdit Control (64-bit)” in Application Techniques.

  4. Click OK.