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TControl Methods Public Methods
Public Methods
 
Name 
Description 
 
Starts the dragging of a control. 
 
Puts the control in front of all other controls in its parent control. 
 
Translates client coordinates to parent coordinates. 
 
Translates a given point from client area coordinates to global screen coordinates. 
 
Provides message handling for all messages that do not have specific handlers. 
 
Dock 
Used internally to dock the control. 
 
OnDragDrop event dispatcher. 
 
Indicates whether a control is being dragged. 
 
Returns the text flags that reflect the current setting of the BiDiMode property. 
 
Returns the text flag to add that indicates whether the control's text should read from right to left. 
 
Stops a control from being dragged any further. 
 
Indicates how text is aligned within the control. 
 
Returns the parent of the control. 
 
Retrieves the control's text, copies it into a buffer, and returns the number of characters copied. 
 
Returns the length of the control's text. 
 
Indicates whether the control has a parent. 
 
Hide 
Makes the control invisible. 
 
Calls the action link's Update method if the control is associated with an action link. 
 
Completely repaint control. 
 
Indicates whether the control should be reversed right to left. 
 
Docks the control. 
 
Undocks the control. 
 
Dispatches messages received from a mouse wheel. 
 
Translate parent coordinates to client coordinates. 
 
Responds as if the control received a specified Windows message. 
 
Repaints the control on the screen. 
 
Forces the control to repaint its image on the screen. 
 
Docks the control in the place where another control is already docked. 
 
Converts the screen coordinates of a specified point on the screen to client coordinates. 
 
Puts a windowed control behind all other windowed controls, or puts a non-windowed control behind all other non-windowed controls. 
 
Sets the Left, Top, Width, and Height properties all at once. 
 
Makes a control visible at design time. 
 
Sets the text of the control. 
 
Show 
Makes a control visible. 
 
Processes any pending paint messages immediately. 
 
Specifies whether the control's alignment should be reversed right-to-left. 
 
Specifies whether the control is using a right-to-left reading order. 
 
Specifies whether the vertical scroll bar appears on the left side of the control. 
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