VerticalAlignment (Property)

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VerticalAlignment (Property)

In french: CadrageVertical

Vertical alignment determines how the text is positioned relative to the borders of the control. This allows you to center the content of an Edit control in relation to the borders of the input area.

Three types of alignment are available:

Alignment at top
Alignment in the middle
Alignment at bottom

The VerticalAlignment property gets and changes the vertical alignment of a control.

The initial alignment is defined in the control description.

Example

// If the control is aligned to top, align it at bottom
IF STC_Static.VerticalAlignment = vaTop THEN
STC_Static.VerticalAlignment = vaBottom
END

Syntax

Getting the vertical alignment of a control Hide the details

<Current alignment> = <Control used>.VerticalAlignment

<Current alignment>: Integer constant

Current vertical alignment of the control. The possible values are as follows:
vaBottom the text is located at the bottom of the control
vaMiddle the text is located in the middle of the control
vaTop the text is located at the top of the control

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control to be used.

Changing the vertical alignment of a control Hide the details

<Control used>.VerticalAlignment = <New alignment>

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control to be used.

<New alignment>: Integer constant

New alignment of the control. The possible values are as follows:
vaBottom the text is located at the bottom of the control
vaMiddle the text is located in the middle of the control
vaTop the text is located at the top of the control

Remarks

Horizontal alignment

To define the horizontal alignment of the control, use the HorizontalAlignment property.

Limitations

In a window, the VerticalAlignment property gets and changes the vertical alignment for the following types of controls:

Static Text control
Check Box or Radio Button control
Image control
Columns of a Table or TreeView Table control
List Box control
Combo Box control
Bar Code control
Chart control
Rating control
Organization Chart control

In a report, the VerticalAlignment property gets and changes the vertical alignment for the following types of controls:

Static Text control.
Calculated control.
Preset control.
Chart control.
Group of controls: This property will only apply to controls that support vertical alignment.

The VerticalAlignment property can only be used in the following controls:

Static Text control.
Image control.
Check Box control.
Radio Button control.
Combo Box control.