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XLFormControlMBS class

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
class XL MBS XL Plugin 21.5 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes All
The class to represent various form controls on an Excel sheet.

This allows you to batch pre-fill form fields in an Excel document.
You may need Excel to create the template with the form fields.

New in LibXL 4.0.
This is an abstract class. You can't create an instance, but you can get one from various plugin functions.

Check State

Constant Value Description
CheckedTypeChecked 1 Object is checked or selected.
CheckedTypeMixed 2 Mixed selection. Applies only to check boxes.
CheckedTypeUnchecked 0 Object is unchecked or unselected.

Object Types

Constant Value Description
ObjectTypeButton 1 Button control
ObjectTypeCheckbox 2 Check-box control
ObjectTypeDialog 11 Dialog control
ObjectTypeDrop 3 Drop-down (combo box) control
ObjectTypeEditbox 10 Edit box control
ObjectTypeGbox 4 Group box control
ObjectTypeLabel 5 Label control
ObjectTypeList 6 List box control
ObjectTypeRadio 7 Radio button control
ObjectTypeScroll 8 Scroll bar control
ObjectTypeSpin 9 Spin box control
ObjectTypeUnknown 0 Unknown control

This class has no sub classes.

Some methods using this class:

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The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS XL Plugin.


XLFormatMBS   -   XLRichStringMBS


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