Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress 4GL Reference

TEXT widget

You can use the text widget to display read-only text in a compact format. This is especially useful when you are creating hard-copy reports. You can use the VIEW-AS phrase to set up a static text widget. You can use the CREATE widget statement to create dynamic text widgets.

Attributes

ATTR-SPACE attribute	AUTO-RESIZE attribute	BGCOLOR attribute1
BLANK attribute	COLUMN attribute	DATA-TYPE attribute
DBNAME attribute2	DCOLOR attribute3	DEBLANK attribute
DYNAMIC attribute3	FGCOLOR attribute1	FONT attribute1
FORMAT attribute	FRAME attribute	FRAME-COL attribute3
FRAME-NAME attribute3	FRAME-ROW attribute3	FRAME-X attribute3
FRAME-Y attribute3	HANDLE attribute3	HEIGHT-CHARS attribute
HEIGHT-PIXELS attribute	HELP attribute	HIDDEN attribute
HTML-CHARSET attribute3,4	INDEX attribute3	INPUT-VALUE attribute
LABEL attribute	LABELS attribute2	MANUAL-HIGHLIGHT attribute
MODIFIED attribute	MOVABLE attribute1	NAME attribute
NEXT-SIBLING attribute3	PARENT attribute	PREV-SIBLING attribute3
PRIVATE-DATA attribute	RESIZABLE attribute1	ROW attribute
SCREEN-VALUE attribute	SELECTABLE attribute1	SELECTED attribute
SENSITIVE attribute	SIDE-LABEL-HANDLE attribute	TABLE attribute3
TOOLTIP attribute1,4	TYPE attribute3	VISIBLE attribute
WIDGET-ID attribute 1,4	WIDTH-CHARS attribute	WIDTH-PIXELS attribute
WINDOW attribute2	X attribute	Y attribute
Graphical interfaces only. Readable only. Character interfaces only. Windows only.

Methods

MOVE-TO-BOTTOM( ) method

MOVE-TO-TOP( ) method

Events

Developer events	General direct manipulation events
Mouse events

Note

You can view a field as text by specifying VIEW-AS TEXT for the field. You can make text the default representation for all fields in a frame by specifying USE-TEXT for the frame.

See also

The chapter on representing data in OpenEdge Development: Progress 4GL Handbook .