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Text block

Summary

Stores multiple lines of unformatted text.

Properties

NameInternal nameSearchableInformation collector
Text block eztext Yes. Yes.

Description

This datatype allows the storage and retrieval of multiple lines of unformatted text. It is capable of handling up to 16,777,216 characters. The following screenshot shows the class edit interface for this datatype.

Class edit interface for the "Text block" datatype.

Class edit interface for the "Text block" datatype.

Preferred number of rows

The "Preferred number of rows" parameter makes it possible to control the height of the input field that is displayed when an object is being edited. The following options are available: 2, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25.

Object attribute edit interface

The following screenshot shows the object attribute edit interface for this datatype.

Object attribute edit interface for the "Text block" datatype.

Object attribute edit interface for the "Text block" datatype.

Raw output

The ".content" of an ezcontentobjectattribute object using this datatype returns a string containing the actual text.

Balazs Halasy (21/02/2005 3:42 pm)

Balazs Halasy (29/04/2005 2:55 pm)

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