Ellipsis (Property)

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Ellipsis (Property)

In french: Ellipsis

Warning
From version 24, Ellipse is kept for backward compatibility. This property has been replaced with Ellipsis.

The Ellipsis property is used to determine and change the truncation mode with ellipses in:

a Static control,
an Edit control,
a List Box control,
a Combo Box control,
a button,
a Static table column,
a Static control in a report.

Reminder: The ellipsis is used to indicate that a caption is too long to be entirely displayed. The following characters are added to the caption: "...". The Ellipsis property is used to add these characters.

For example:

The Ellipsis property is only available for Static and Edit controls.

This property is only available for reports.

Example

// Change truncation mode with ellipses in EDT_MyControl
IF EDT_MyControl.Ellipsis = ellipsisEnd THEN EDT_MyControl.Ellipsis = ellipsisPath

Syntax

Determining the truncation mode with ellipses Hide the details

<Result> = <Control used>.Ellipsis

<Result>: Integer constant

Current truncation mode with ellipses for the specified control:
ellipsisDisabled The "..." characters are not used. The ellipsis is not displayed.
ellipsisEnd An ellipsis ("...") replaces the characters that cannot be displayed at the end of the control.
ellipsisPath An ellipsis ("...") replaces the characters in the middle of the text. This constant can only be used on strings containing a file path.

<Control used>: Control name

Name of window control that must support the ellipsis:
Static control,
Edit control,
Button,
List Box control,
Combo Box control,
Static column
Name of Static control found in the report that must support the ellipsis.
This property is available for Static and Edit controls.

Changing the truncation mode with ellipses Hide the details

<Control used>.Ellipsis = <New mode>

<Control used>: Control name

Name of control that will manage the ellipsis:
Static control,
Edit control,
Button,
List Box control,
Combo Box control,
Static column
Name of Static control found in the report that must support the ellipsis.
This property is available for Static and Edit controls.

<New mode>: Integer constant (or combination of constants)

New truncation mode with ellipses for the specified control.
ellipsisDisabled The "..." characters are not used. The ellipsis is not displayed.
ellipsisEnd An ellipsis ("...") replaces the characters that cannot be displayed at the end of the control.
ellipsisPath An ellipsis ("...") replaces the characters in the middle of the text. This constant can only be used on strings containing a file path.

Remarks

List Box control

The Ellipsis property should not be used in a List Box control with a horizontal scrollbar. Two cases may occur:

The horizontal scrollbar is used to view the entire row.
The Ellipsis property is used. The row is truncated but the horizontal scrollbar becomes useless.

Limitations

The Ellipsis property cannot be used on an RTF Edit control or RTF text.
If the Ellipsis property is used on a column of a multiline table, the multiline mode will be disabled.
The Ellipsis property is not taken into account when using drawing functions in list boxes and combo boxes.
This property is available for Static and Edit controls.
This property is only available for reports.