TextBox Control

Properties and Events

The textbox control has the following main properties:

Property Changes...
Name TextBox Name
Text Text
MultiLine whether the text box can display multiple lines
BackColor Background Colour
ForeColor Text Colour
BackStyle Back style - Opaque or Transparent
SelText Selected Text
SelStart Start Position of the selection
SelLength Length of the selection

All of these properties can be set during runtime (when the code is running).

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