mazkoory
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labels and memos box's
i have a
Label & a Memo box,
Label has the caption 'HELLO',
what ive been trying to do is to place the 'HELLO' over the memo box, (dont ask why! long story)
every time i move the label property over the Memo box,
the words dont appear, the memo box is always on TOP if you know what im getting at!
any way of getting this sorted???
or is that how delphi works?
Label & a Memo box,
Label has the caption 'HELLO',
what ive been trying to do is to place the 'HELLO' over the memo box, (dont ask why! long story)
every time i move the label property over the Memo box,
the words dont appear, the memo box is always on TOP if you know what im getting at!
any way of getting this sorted???
or is that how delphi works?
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pderuiter is partially correct, however his terminology is slightly incorrect. Both TLabel and TMemo are "controls", indeed all visual components inherited from TControl are "controls". There is a significant division, however, between "windowed controls" and "graphical controls". Windowed controls, such as TMemo, inherit from TControl and then TWinControl. Graphical controls, such as TLabel, inherit from TControl and then TGraphicControl. The simple z-ordering rule for forms is that graphic controls cannot display in front of windowed controls with the same Parent.
Here's a shortcut that I used in Delphi 5.
Place memo1 on form.
Place label1 on memo1.
View form as text.
cut and paste label1 properties and details under the memo1 properties, i.e. the label becomes a property of memo1.
try it and let us know.
it works for me.
s.
Place memo1 on form.
Place label1 on memo1.
View form as text.
cut and paste label1 properties and details under the memo1 properties, i.e. the label becomes a property of memo1.
try it and let us know.
it works for me.
s.
I stand corrected Steven :) bit too hasty with my reply
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OK, but Sean is wrong in saying that "the label becomes a property of memo1" In fact what his solution describes is a way of making memo1 become the PARENT of the label.
Indeed TStaticText is a control.