| TDBText Control > Features of the TDBText Control |
This section describes the following TDBText control features:
Flexible formatting and automatic character filtering
Data binding feature
Drop down editing window
Action keys
The TDBText control reduces coding time with automatic character filtering for allowable characters, (periods, commas, numbers and letters), and text validation. The text validation allows you to determine character type; punctuation, numbers, upper case, lower case, letters, and so on, by using the Format property to set up the expected type format with the embedded literal keywords. The TDBText control also provide a mode which subsequently allows the user to enter either only the characters defined in the Format property, or any character not in the Format property as defined by the FormatMode property. These features allow you to eliminate text checking within your code, thereby reducing coding time.
The data bound functionality, which is supported by Visual Basic, is now also supported in the TDBText control. With data binding, a text value can be retrieved from any field in the database and displayed in the control, or entered text values can be stored into the database.
The drop down input window allows you to enter multiple lines of text when TDBText is set for single line entry. This feature provides a full view of the text without requiring the data to scroll when the control’s size is limited.
TDBText provides action keys to contribute to a more efficient run time. You can customize navigation by setting the properties in the Key object.