Creating a Text Box

You use text boxes in your application to enable operators to enter text strings.

To create and configure a text box

1. Create and place a text box. Do the following:

   1. From the Wizard Selection dialog box, select Windows Control Wizards. The control wizard icons appear.

   2. Double-click the text box icon. Your application window reappears and the cursor changes to a left corner symbol.

   3. Click a location in the application window to place the wizard. The text box wizard appears with heavy black handles at the corners.

   

   1. Drag and resize the wizard to suit your application.

2. Double-click the wizard. The Textbox Control dialog box appears.

   

3. Configure the dialog box. Do the following:

   1. Type a control name, such as TextBox_1, in the ControlName box.

   2. Type a memory message tag name, such as New_Value, in the Tagname box.

   3. In the Properties area, select Enable Input and Visible.

4. Click OK. The Textbox Control dialog box closes.