TXTextControl.FieldTypeData Property |
| Description: | | This property sets or returns the data that belongs to a marked text field of a special type. The chapter Technical Articles - Marked Text Fields - Special Types of Marked Text Fields informs about all the types and the data belonging to these types.
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| Syntax: | | TXTextControl.FieldTypeData(FieldId) [= TypeData]
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| | | Parameter | | Description | | | | FieldId | | Identifies the field that is to be manipulated. The specified data can be a long value or a character string depending on the type of the field. For the different field types the corresponding data are listed in the following Constants section.
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| Constants: | | The following lists the possible data for each type of field. The corresponding data type is listed in Data Types:
| Constant | | Description | | | | txFieldExternalLink (1) | | Defines the external location to where the link points.
| | txFieldInternalLink (2) | | Defines the location in the same document to where the link points.
| | txFieldPageNumber (3) | | Defines the starting number and the number format. To display the number in a certain format the following constants can be added to the starting number:
| Constant | | Description | | | | &H30000 | | Pages are numbered with Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3, ...).
| | &H40000 | | Pages are numbered with small letters (a, b, c, ...).
| | &H50000 | | Pages are numbered with capital letters (A, B, C, ...).
| | &H60000 | | Pages are numbered with Roman numbers (I, II, III, ...).
| | &H70000 | | Pages are numbered with small Roman numbers (i, ii, iii, ...).
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| | txFieldLinkTarget (4) | | Defines the name of a target.
| | txFieldHighlight (5) | | Defines the color of the highlight.
| | txFieldTopic (6) | | Defines the number of the topic.
| | txFieldMSWord (7) | | Defines the type name and parameters of a Microsoft Word field as a sequence of strings, separated through TAB (9) characters. The first string specifies the type name of the field (for example: MERGEFIELD). The following strings are the field's parameters which can be arguments and switches. Each switch begins with a backslash.
| | txFieldHighEdit (8) | | Defines the name and parameters of the Heiler Highedit field as a sequence of strings, separated through TAB (9) characters.
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| Data Types: | | | FieldId: | Integer | | txFieldExternalLink | String | | txFieldInternalLink | String | | txFieldPageNumber | Long | | txFieldLinkTarget | String | | txFieldHighlight | Long | | txFieldTopic | Long | | txFieldMSWord | String | | txFieldHighEdit | String |
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| Limitations: | | Run time only.
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| Example: | | The following example numbers pages with Roman numbers starting with number 3: TXTextControl1.FieldTypeData(1) = 3 + &H60000
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| See also: | | Hypertext Links, Marked Text Fields, FieldInsert Method, FieldLinkClicked Event. |
