Adding Text to a Data Form

Designer: Background text can be added to your form in the Designer. See the Designer User's Guide for more information.

Code: Field prompt text is most conveniently placed on the form as part of a call to fld_def(). To add other text, such as a title or general instructions, to a form, use the background text definition function, bg_txtdef():

BG_TEXTPTR bg_txtdef(wn_rb, wn_cb, stp, att, dfmp)

int wn_rb;

/* Beginning row of text string

*/

int wn_cb;

/* Beginning column of text string,

*/

/* use CENTER_TEXT to center text

*/

UCHAR *stp;

/* Text to display on form

*/

UCHAR att;

/* Video attribute to write text

*/

DFORMPTR dfmp;

/* Pointer to form to write text on 

*/

Naming Tip: Functions that define background items begin with the abbreviation "bg_".

You can also use bg_txtdef() to write prompts. Prompts defined using fld_def() are written using the form attribute. If you want to define prompts that have an attribute other than that of the form window, use bg_txtdef().