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PowerCOBOL V11.0 Reference
FUJITSU Software

4.132 Highlight Property

Description:

Indicates whether to highlight the text in the control or object.

Used in controls:

CheckBox

ComboBox

CommandButton

DriveList

Edit

FileList

FolderList

Frame

GroupBox

Lable

ListBox

ListView

OptionButton

ProgressIndicator

StaticText

Table

TextBox

Toolbar

Used in objects:

Form

TableCell

Values (with constants):

True - Highlights the text.(POW-TRUE)
False - Does not highlight the text.(POW-FALSE)

When it is True, the control or object uses the color specified in the HilightColor property to highlight the text.

PowerCOBOL uses the value for the Form object as the default value for controls placed on the form.

Edit and TextBox

It is only effective when the Password property of the Edit control is False, or the Password property of a TextBox control, whose EditableLabel property is False, is False.

Default values:

Form

False(POW-FALSE)

TableCell

Table control's Highlight property.

Others

Container's Highlight property.

COBOL picture:

S9(4) COMP-5

OLE data type:

VT_BOOL

Design time access:

TableCell

Not accessible.

Others

Set and reference.

Execution time access:

Set and reference.

Backward compatibility attribute:

None.