Guide Section: GUI of EASAPs | EASAP Tree: USER INTERFACE Branch

A TEXTAREA has two functions:

• display messages on the user interface
• accept user input text (similar to TEXTBOX).

TEXTAREA provides readily available help to a User reducing the need for an EASAP’s own Help pages. Below is an example giving technical information to a User about the other GUI input elements.

TEXTAREA
Optional Parameters:
Label:	Text displayed above a TEXTAREA, DORs allowed
Text:	Plain text or HTML to be displayed in TEXTAREA
Show if:	Logical expression, if TRUE then box shown, if FALSE then box NOT shown
Enable if:	Logical expression, if TRUE then box enabled, if FALSE then box NOT enabled
Type:	Set type of behavior. (default→Display Only, Editable)
Width:	Width of TEXTAREA box in pixels
Height:	Height of TEXTAREA box in pixels
Style:	A USER INTERFACE STYLE or object reference that controls the visual appearance of this object
Range Reference:	Select NAMED RANGE or existing RANGE REFERENCE object to link value to cell in an Excel spreadsheet
Input Style:	A USER INTERFACE STYLE or object reference that controls the visual appearance of this objects input area
Delimiter:	Character to act as delimiter in DORs. default→%.
Expansion Separator:	Separator used between the values in the list when expanding it. (default is a comma)
Tool Tip:	Text to be displayed as a tool tip