ISControl.Text

Description

The text of the specified control.

Syntax

object.Text

Part	Attribute	Type	Description
`object`	Required	ISControl	The `object` always implements the ISControl interface

Return Value

string

Example

Display some information about the specified control, including its text.

Dim aControl
Dim aControlInfo

Set aControl = Form.Controls_("edtName")

aControlInfo =_
  "Caption: " & aControl.Caption & vbNewLine &_ 
  "ShortName: " & aControl.ShortName & vbNewLine &_
  "Text: " & aControl.Text 
  
Profile.MsgBox(aControlInfo)

Note: This macro should be executed in any event handler of the form control.

In Profile Client v8 on User Interface Text can be found in Maintain > Templates > Health Record Collection Templates > Open the selected form template > Open form editor > Object Inspector > Select the control in the controls tree > Text.

Version information

Added in v7.8.0