9.21 Text Control

GoFiler Legato Script Reference

Legato v 1.6e

Application v 6.3a

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Chapter Nine — Dialog Functions (continued)

9.21 Text Control

9.21.1 Introduction

Text Analysis functions have been released in Preview Only (†)

[tbd]

Note: The Text Control is under development and is provided on a beta basic.

9.21.2 Text Control Types and Styles

[The Text Control can have the suite of WS_ control styles and most commonly WS_HSCROLL and WS_VSCROLL. [By default, the control does not have a border or scrollbars.] Example of a Text Control:

CONTROL "", 101, "text_control", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_TABSTOP,
12, 20, 340, 126, 0

9.21.3 Text Control Notifications

The following messages are sent via the dialog action procedure.

Notification code		Value	Description
Text Control Specific:
	TCN_UPDATE_STATUS	0x0010	Status/Position Change [TBD]
	TCN_CLICK_SINGLE	0x0011	Click Once (Post Process) [TBD]
	TCN_CLICK_DOUBLE	0x0012	Click Double (Post Process) [TBD]
	TCN_CLICK_TRIPLE	0x0013	Click Double (Post Process) [TBD]
	TCN_RIGHT_CLICK	0x0014	Right Click/Context Menu [TBD]
	TCN_DRAG_SELECT	0x0015	Drag Selected (Post Process) [TBD]
	TCN_KEYBOARD_NAVIGATE	0x0016	Change Position on Keyboard [TBD]
	TCN_CONTEXT_MENU_KEY	0x0017	Pressed Context Menu Key [TBD]
	TCN_CONTEXT_MENU_OPEN	0x0018	Open Context Menu (to be presented) [TBD]
	TCN_CONTEXT_MENU_CLOSE	0x0019	Close Context Menu [TBD]
Text Control Common:
	TCN_SET_FOCUS	0x0100	The control has received focus. [TBD]
	TCN_KILL_FOCUS	0x0200	The control has lost focus. [TBD]
	TCN_CHANGE	0x0300	Content Has Changed [TBD]
	TCN_UPDATE	0x0400	Content About Changed [TBD]
	TCN_ERRSPACE	0x0500	Insufficient Memory [TBD]
	TCN_MAX_TEXT	0x0501	Exceeded User Set Maximum Characters [TBD]
	TCN_HSCROLL	0x0601	Horizontal Scroll Change [TBD]
	TCN_VSCROLL	0x0601	Vertical Scroll Change [TBD]

9.21.4 Text Control Styles

On creation, Text Control will abode by a number of edit control window style bits:

Notification code		Value	Description
Edit Control Styles:
	ES_READONLY	0x0800	Prevents the user from typing or editing text in the Text Control. The control will adopt a browse like profile. The *Enter* key will not be captured by the control.

9.21.5 Text Control Functions

Page revised 2025-10-20

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