Text Boxes
Text Box<<Font Color(n)
Sets the color for Text strings.
Text Box<<Get Hidden State
Returns the current state of a text box.
Text Box<<Get Text
Returns the string content of the box.
Text Box<<Get Tip
Returns the tooltip for the text box (or a text edit box).
Text Box<<Markup
Returns text formatted with the specified HTML tags. The HTML must be well-formed; make sure you close nested tags correctly.
The following example returns text formatted in bold, italic, and underlined.
w = New Window( "Formatted Text",
Text Box( "This is <b>bold</b> text. This is <b><i>bold italic</i></b> text. This is <u>underlined</u> text.",
<<Markup) );
Text Box<<Rotate Text(direction)
Rotates the text 90 degrees "Left" or "Right", or returns it to horizontal.
Text Box<<Set Font(name, <size>, <style|style style...>, <angle>)
Sets the font specified in the quoted name argument and the properties for text strings. To specify more than one style, include a space between each style and place them in quotes.
Text Box<<Set Font Size(n)
Sets the font size in points for text strings.
Text Box<<Set Script(script)
Associate a script with a text box. The script executes when the user presses Enter (or the text edit box otherwise loses focus).
Text Box<<Set Text(string)
Sets the text in the box as specified in the quoted string argument.
Text Box<<Set Tip(string)
Sets the tooltip for the text box (or a text edit box) as specified in the quoted string argument.
Text Box<<Set Wrap(n)
Set the wrap point, in pixels, in pixels (n).