EControl Syntax Editor SDK
TCustomSyntaxMemo Properties
TCustomSyntaxMemo Properties
TCustomSyntaxMemo Class
TCustomSyntaxMemo Class 
Description 
Library version. 
Specifies text alignment within text area. 
Represents animation properties container. 
Specifies background properties. 
Specifies the number of spaces to indent a marked block. 
Lists the bookmarks (TBookmark objects) in the editor. 
Returns zero-based position of the bookmark with the specified index. 
Determines whether the edit control has a single line border around the client area. 
Indicates whether clipboard contains text. 
Indicates whether the edit control contains changes that can be backed out. 
Specifies the TCanvas object that presents a drawing surface for the control. 
Caret manager with caret properties definitions for different modes. 
Indicates the position of the caret in the memo lines. 
Indicates the position of the caret in the memo text. 
Determines the case of the text drawing. 
Specifies character set of the text in editor. 
Indicates number of connected to syntax memo clients. 
Provides indexed access to the clients of syntax memo. 
Specifies color of the line separator drawn at the bottom of the collapsed region. 
Provides indexed access to collapsed ranges. 
Specifies level of text ranges that will be affected by the "Collapse all" command. 
Specifies how to display collapsed regions. 
Specifies the background color of the control. 
Specifies current line, i.e. index of line with caret. 
Specifies the image used to represent the mouse pointer when it passes into the region covered by the control. 
Specifies whether default popup menu should be used. 
Default styles. 
Specifies whether text folding is disabled. 
Specifies whether drag&drop operations are performed using OLE drag&drop engine. 
Specifies scroll bar appearance. 
Font 
Controls the attributes of text written on or in the control. 
Represents gutter properties (except of line numbers) container. 
Represents hint properties container. 
Horizontal ruler at the top side of the editor. The width of one unit is equal to default character width. 
Specifies whether incremental search has backward direction. 
Specifies whether incremental search has to ignore case. 
Indicates current incremental search text. 
Identifies the key mapping associated with the editor. 
Controls keystrokes queue. 
Provides indexed access to the line information records. 
Represents line numbers properties container. 
Contains the individual lines of text in the syntax memo control. 
Specifies extra interval between lines and sub-line. 
Specifies extra interval after each line. 
Specifies extra interval before each line. 
Represents line state display properties. 
Offsets of Text area 
Lists markers. 
Indicates whether the user edited the text of the edit control. 
Specifies mode of internal text size calculation. 
Specifies whether syntax memo works like multi-line or single-line edit control. 
Represents non printed characters properties container. 
Specifies a syntax memo's flags that allow to adjust editor behavior. 
Specifies a syntax memo's additional flags that allow to adjust editor behavior. 
Specifies options that are used to perform output to the external Canvas
Determines whether the user can change the text of the syntax memo. 
Specifies how user text input must be inserted in the editor text. 
Specifies right margin position in characters. 
Specifies the color of right margin line. 
Specifies options of save/load state operations. 
Determines whether the syntax memo control has scroll bars. 
Specifies horizontal scrolling position of the syntax memo. 
Specifies visible vertical scrolling position of the syntax memo. 
Specifies list of search marks. 
Provides interface for custom text formatting. 
Represents current selection mode of the syntax memo. 
Specifies the number of characters that are selected. 
Specifies the selected columnar block. 
Specifies the position of the first selected character in the text. 
Specifies the selected portion of the editor's text. 
Specifies whether right margin is visible. 
Specifies back offset of the block staples from the initial position. 
Specifies a pen to draw block staples. 
Manages synchronized editing. 
Specifies TSyntAnalyzer object that is used for syntax highlighting. 
Points to client syntactical analyzer object associated with the syntax memo. 
Represents container of tab positions list. 
Specifies action when user presses Tab key. 
Text 
Contains a text string associated with the control. 
Indicates length of the whole editor's text. 
Specifies distance between editor's text area and gutter. 
Represents collection of text margins. 
Specifies external text container. 
Specifies number of a top visible line. 
Makes syntax memo transparent. 
Specifies the number of keystrokes that can be undone. 
Lists the user ranges (TUserRange objects) in the editor. 
Specifies styles container to be used with the user ranges. 
Determines whether the editor wraps text at the right side of text area. 
Zoom 
Specifies zoom factor. 
TSyntaxMemo Class
TSyntaxMemo Class 
Description 
Library version. 
Determines how the control aligns within its container (parent control). 
Specifies text alignment within text area. 
Specifies how the control is anchored to its parent. 
Represents animation properties container. 
Specifies background properties. 
Specifies which edges of the control are beveled. 
Specifies the cut of the inner bevel. 
Specifies the control’s bevel style. 
Specifies the cut of the outer bevel. 
Specifies the bi-directional mode for the control. 
Specifies the number of spaces to indent a marked block. 
Determines whether the edit control has a single line border around the client area. 
Caret manager with caret properties definitions for different modes. 
Determines the case of the text drawing. 
Specifies character set of the text in editor. 
Specifies color of the line separator drawn at the bottom of the collapsed region. 
Specifies level of text ranges that will be affected by the "Collapse all" command. 
Specifies how to display collapsed regions. 
Specifies the background color of the control. 
Specifies the size constraints for the control. 
Determines whether a control has a three-dimensional (3-D) or two-dimensional look. 
Specifies the image used to represent the mouse pointer when it passes into the region covered by the control. 
Specifies whether default popup menu should be used. 
Default styles. 
Specifies whether text folding is disabled. 
Determines whether the control’s image is rendered directly to the window or painted to an in-memory bitmap first. 
Indicates the image used to represent the mouse pointer when the control is being dragged. 
Specifies whether the control is being dragged normally or for docking. 
Determines how the control initiates drag-and-drop or drag-and-dock operations. 
Specifies whether drag&drop operations are performed using OLE drag&drop engine. 
Controls whether the control responds to mouse, keyboard, and timer events. 
Specifies scroll bar appearance. 
Font 
Controls the attributes of text written on or in the control. 
Represents gutter properties (except of line numbers) container. 
Represents hint properties container. 
Horizontal ruler at the top side of the editor. The width of one unit is equal to default character width. 
Determines the behavior of the input method editor (IME). 
Specifies the input method editor (IME) to use for converting keyboard input to Asian language characters. 
Specifies whether incremental search has backward direction. 
Specifies whether incremental search has to ignore case. 
Identifies the key mapping associated with the editor. 
Controls keystrokes queue. 
Represents line numbers properties container. 
Contains the individual lines of text in the syntax memo control. 
Specifies extra interval between lines and sub-line. 
Specifies extra interval after each line. 
Specifies extra interval before each line. 
Represents line state display properties. 
Specifies mode of internal text size calculation. 
Specifies whether syntax memo works like multi-line or single-line edit control. 
Represents non printed characters properties container. 
Event occurs after calculation line. It may be used to adjust line height and word breaks. 
Occurs when the specified Line has been painted. 
Occurs on each step of animation shape drawing if animation type is atCustom. 
Occurs before deleting portion of text. 
Occurs before drawing block staple. 
Occurs before inserting text. 
Occurs before the specified Line is painted. 
Occurs before deleting text. 
Occurs before inserting new text in editor. 
Occurs when an attempt is made to resize the control. 
Occurs when adding new range with synchronous editing. 
Occurs when the caret position changes. 
Occurs when the text for the syntax memo changes. 
Occurs after checking some character whether it is a word character. 
Occurs when the user clicks the control. 
Occurs when collapsed ranges were changed. 
Adjust resize constraints. 
Occurs when the user right-clicks the control or otherwise invokes the popup menu (such as using the keyboard). 
Occurs when the user double-clicks the left mouse button when the mouse pointer is over the control. 
Occurs before bookmark deleting. 
Occurs when the user drops an object being dragged. 
Occurs when the user drags an object over a control. 
Occurs while moving right margin. 
Occurs after specified part of the text has been painted to the Canvas. 
Occurs before checking whether command can be executed. 
Occurs when the dragging of an object ends, either by docking the object or by canceling the dragging. 
Occurs when the dragging of an object ends, either by dropping the object or by canceling the dragging. 
Occurs when a control receives the input focus. 
Occurs before executing command. 
Occurs when the input focus shifts away from one control to another. 
Occurs when text is fully analyzed and all analysis results are created. 
Occurs before processing gutter objects for the specified line. 
Occurs before line number painting. 
Occurs before line processing. 
Occurs when mouse down to determine selection mode. 
Occurs in GetStyleList to select custom styles. 
Occurs before hint window for the specified token is displayed. 
Occurs when the user presses a mouse button with the mouse pointer over a gutter. 
Occurs when state or search string of incremental search changes. 
Occurs after user has inserted single character. 
Occurs when a user presses any key while the control has focus. 
Occurs when key pressed. 
Occurs when the user releases a key that has been pressed. 
Occurs when line highlighting attributes are requested. 
Occurs when Modified property changes its value. 
Occurs when the user presses a mouse button with the mouse pointer over a control. 
Occurs when the mouse pointer moves over the control. 
Occurs when the mouse pointer moves off from over the control. 
Occurs when the user moves the mouse pointer while the mouse pointer is over a control. 
Occurs when the user releases a mouse button that was pressed with the mouse pointer over a component. 
Occurs when the mouse wheel is rotated. 
Occurs when the mouse wheel is rotated downward. 
Occurs when the mouse wheel is rotated upward. 
Occurs when starting dragging text using OLE drag&drop engine. 
Indicates whether or not a drop can be accepted and the drop's effect if accepted. 
Provides target feedback to the user and communicates the drop's effect to the OnOleDrop event so the effect of the drop can be communicated through the OnOleDrop event back to the source. 
Incorporates the source data into the target window, removes target feedback, and releases the data object. 
Enables a source application to give visual feedback to its end user during a drag-and-drop operation by providing the DoDragDrop function with an enumeration value specifying the visual effect. 
Occurs immediately after the control is resized. 
Occurs when scrolling position is changed. 
Occurs when selection is changed. 
Occurs to initialize new bookmark created when you assign to the Bookmarks property. 
Occurs when the user begins to drag a control with a DragKind of dkDock. 
Occurs when the user begins to drag the control or an object it contains by left-clicking on the control and holding the mouse button down. 
Occurs immediately after the text changes. 
Occurs when zoom is changed. 
Specifies a syntax memo's flags that allow to adjust editor behavior. 
Specifies a syntax memo's additional flags that allow to adjust editor behavior. 
Specifies whether the control uses its parent’s BiDiMode. 
Determines where a control looks for its color information. 
Determines where a component looks to determine if it should appear three dimensional. 
Determines where a control looks for its font information. 
Determines where a control looks to find out if its Help Hint should be shown. 
Identifies the pop-up menu associated with the control. 
Determines whether the user can change the text of the syntax memo. 
Specifies how user text input must be inserted in the editor text. 
Specifies right margin position in characters. 
Specifies the color of right margin line. 
Specifies options of save/load state operations. 
Determines whether the syntax memo control has scroll bars. 
Determines whether the control displays a Help Hint when the mouse pointer rests momentarily on the control. 
Specifies whether right margin is visible. 
Specifies back offset of the block staples from the initial position. 
Specifies a pen to draw block staples. 
Manages synchronized editing. 
Specifies TSyntAnalyzer object that is used for syntax highlighting. 
Represents container of tab positions list. 
Specifies action when user presses Tab key. 
Indicates the position of the control in its parent's tab order. 
Determines if the user can tab to a control. 
Specifies distance between editor's text area and gutter. 
Represents collection of text margins. 
Specifies external text container. 
Makes syntax memo transparent. 
Specifies the number of keystrokes that can be undone. 
Lists the user ranges (TUserRange objects) in the editor. 
Specifies styles container to be used with the user ranges. 
Determines whether the component appears on screen. 
Determines whether the editor wraps text at the right side of text area. 
Zoom 
Specifies zoom factor. 
TColumnSyntaxEditor Class
TColumnSyntaxEditor Class 
Description 
Determines possible operations with columns. 
Style index used to paint text and space out of columns. 
Specifies collection of column descriptors. 
Synchronize tab list (TCustomSyntaxMemo.TabList Property) with columns. When columns are resized tab list is automatically updated. 
Specifies column sizing mode. Column sizing may be performed in two ways:
1. "Resize" mode: increase width of the column, widths of others are unchanged, but all following columns are moved.
2. "Exchange" mode: increase width of the column and decrease width of the next column, but positions of all other columns stay unchanged. 
This is TabMode, a member of class TColumnSyntaxEditor. 
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