<RichEditName>.EventMask

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<RichEditName>.EventMask

 

Description

 

Allows set/get the limitation for text length of the richedit control.

 

Syntax

 

' Set

<richeditName>.LimitText = newLimit

 

' Get

currentLimit = <richeditName>.LimitText

 

 

Returns (Get only)

 

Number, limit in characters.

 

Parameters (Set only)

 

Name

Type

Optional

Meaning

newLimit

Number

No

Limit in characters for the richedit

 

Remarks

 

Restrictions

 

Should you set the text limit to smaller than current contents, they will not be trimmed.

 

See also

 

Examples

 

control add richedit name "myRichedit", hDlg, %reMain"", 5, 5, 100, 25

 

' Limiting text length to 1024

myRichedit.LimitText = 1024