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Edit controls are pretty much essential for gathering precise numerical or text input. You can create an
in place edit control on-the-fly whenever you need to get information by using the createEdit method:
createEdit input, id, area, [startText [,font [,textColour
[,backColour [,multiline]]]]]
The inputs to the method are as follows:
input - reference to the input View connector (name or index)
id - an id that you can use on the callback so you know which edit is reporting
area - four element array [x,y,w,h] to define position and size
startText - the text that will show in the edit to start with [OPTIONAL]
font - the font to use (a font object) [OPTIONAL]
textColour - the colour of the text [OPTIONAL]
backColour - the colour of the background rectangle for the edit control [OPTIONAL]
multiline - whether the control should be a multiline edit (true or false) [OPTIONAL]

DaveyBoy wrote:Finally sorted it.

I was defining the colours with pens and brushes when it should be just RGB Data: (Color.new n,n,n)

There are no brackets as shown in the manual . . . just comma separated values

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Color.new(a, r, g, b)

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Color.new(g) # g = grey value
Color.new(a, g) # like above plus alpha channel
Color.new(r, g, b) # red, green, blue
Color.new(a, r, g, b) # like above plus alpha channel

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createEdit(myinput, myid, myarea)

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createEdit(myinput, myid, myarea, "Type here", myfont)

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createEdit(myinput, myid, myarea,mybackcolor)

DaveyBoy wrote:Finally sorted it.

I was defining the colours with pens and brushes when it should be just RGB Data: (Color.new n,n,n)

There are no brackets as shown in the manual . . . just comma separated values