TextBox

You can use the Value attribute of a text box to automatically fill in the current date or the employee ID of the current user. To show the current date in a text box, set the Value attribute to CurrentDate. To show the employee ID of the current user, set the Value attribute to CurrentEmployee.

A text box can have these attributes, in addition to the common control attributes:

Attribute Description
ActionButtonType Type of action button to show for this text box. Currently the only supported value is Search.
HasPopup Indicates whether the text box has a popup button.
HintText Hint text that is displayed in the text box.
Image Image that is displayed next to the text box.
KeyboardType Type of keyboard that the mobile app will show for this text box. You can specify one of these options:
  • Default
  • Date
  • DateTime
  • Decimal
  • EMail
  • Name
  • Number
  • Password
  • Phone
  • Time
  • URI
MaxLength Maximum number of characters allowed in the text box.
Moniker Moniker of the component that supplies the values for the popup associated with the text box. For example, you would enter Hansen.Resources.Employee for an employee popup.
MultiLine Indicates whether the text box supports multiple lines of text.
Required Indicates whether the field is required.
ShowDefault Indicates whether the text box will show a default 0 or 1 if no value is present. For example, the default value for primary keys is 1. If you set the value to False, then the text box will show a blank rather than 1 if no value is present for a primary key.
Styles List of text styles to apply to the text box.