QLABEL Component

QLabel is a non-windowed control used to display 2D, 3D, and/or rotated text on a form/container. Rotated labels only work with true type fonts.

QLabel Properties

Field	Type	R/W	Default	Support
Align	INTEGER	RW	alNone	W
	Align determines how the control aligns within its parent control.
Alignment	INTEGER	RW	taLeftJustify	W
	Alignment determines the horizontal placement of the text within the label. 0 = taLeftJustify -- The text appears lined up along the left edge of the label. 1 = taRightJustify -- The text appears lined up along the right edge of the label. 2 = taCenter -- The text is horizontally centered in the label.
Angle	INTEGER	RW	0	W
	Angle determines how the label is rotated. Specify a degree from 0 to 360. Only works with True Type Fonts
Autosize	INTEGER	RW	False	W
	AutoSize determines whether the size of the label automatically resizes to accommodate the text. Must occur before  the Caption property is set.
Caption	STRING	RW		WXG
Color	INTEGER	RW		WX
Cursor	INTEGER	RW	crDefault	W
Enabled	INTEGER	RW	True	WXG
Font	QFONT	W		W
	Setting the font will resize the Width and Height of the label.
Handle	INTEGER	R		W
Height	INTEGER	RW		WXG
Hint	STRING	RW		WXG
LabelStyle	INTEGER	RW	tsNone	W
	LabelStyle determines whether the label is displayed as 3D or 2D. 0 = lsNone -- The text appears as normal 2d text. 1 = lsRaised -- The text appears as 3d. 2 = lsRecessed -- The text appears engraved.
Layout	INTEGER    (***  PROPERTY DOESN'T WORK  ****)	RW	tlTop	W
Left	INTEGER	RW	0	WXG
LowerColor	INTEGER	RW	clBtnShadow	W
Parent	QFORM/QPANEL/QTABCONTROL	W		WXG
PopupMenu	QPOPUPMENU	W		W
ShowHint	INTEGER	RW	False	WXG
Tag	INTEGER	RW		WXG
Top	INTEGER	RW	0	WXG
Transparent	INTEGER	RW	False	W
UpperColor	INTEGER	RW	clBtnHighlight	W
Visible	INTEGER	RW	True	WXG
Width	INTEGER	RW		WXG
Wordwrap	INTEGER	RW	False	W

QLabel Events

Event	Type	Occurs when...	Params	Support
OnClick	VOID	User clicks on label	0	W
OnDblClick	VOID	User double clicked on label	0	W
OnMouseDown	SUB (Button%, X%, Y%, Shift%)	Mouse button held down	3	W
OnMouseMove	SUB (X%, Y%, Shift%)	Mouse moves	2	W
OnMouseUp	SUB (Button%, X%, Y%, Shift%)	Mouse button is released	3	W
WndProc	SUB (Hwnd%, Msg%, wParam%, lParam%)	Messages sent to QLabel	4	W

QLabel Examples

  DIM Form AS QForm
  DIM Label1 AS QLabel

  Label1.Parent = Form
  Label1.Caption = "Hello"
  Form.ShowModal

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  ' Note that rotated labels only work with true type
  ' fonts, such as Arial and Courier New.

  DIM Form AS QForm
  DIM Label1 AS QLabel
  DIM Font AS QFont

  Font.Name = "Arial"

  Label1.Parent = Form
  Label1.Font = Font
  Label1.Caption = "Hello"
  Label1.Angle = 45
  Form.ShowModal

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