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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

Attributes
  1. Graphical interfaces only.
  2. Readable only.
  3. Character interfaces only.
  4. Windows only.

METHODS

Methods

EVENTS

Event Type
Supported

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 the Progress Programming Handbook .


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