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The Edit control is an edit field associated with a string or integer value property.

Text

Text: (Note: Only used to set text style)

The font and font style to use for the Edit control text. Text styles can be managed in your project on the Styles dialog (Project > Styles). To define the number of characters the user can enter, append {n} after any font specifications, where "n" is a positive number (from 0 to 2147483646). Example style:

{\UI_Font_Normal}{40}

Property

Property name:

The name of the property to associate with this control whose value you want to set. If the Indirect checkbox is checked, this is the name of another property to set. Properties can be created and managed on the Properties tab of the Project Settings dialog (Project > Settings).

Indirect

If checked, the Property name is the name of another property, not directly associated with this control. If unchecked, the Property name is associated with this control.

Integer

If checked, the property associated with this control is interpreted as an integer value. If unchecked, the property value is a string.

Options

Multi-Line

If checked, the edit field will be created as a multiple line edit control with a vertical scroll bar.

Password

If checked, the edit control displays each character as an asterisk (*) as they are typed into the control.

Note: Selecting this option prevents the installer from writing the property associated with the Edit control into the log file. For more information, see the related MSDN article listed in the More Information section.

Right aligned

If checked, the text in the control will be aligned to the right. If unchecked, it will be aligned to the left.

Left scroll

If checked, the scroll bar will be shown on the left side of the control. If unchecked, it will be shown on the right side.

RTL reading order

If checked, the text in the control will be shown in right-to-left reading order. If unchecked, it will be shown in left-to-right reading order.

More Information

MSDN Online: Edit Control

MSDN Online: Controls

MSDN Online: Control Table

MSDN Online: Preventing Confidential Information from Being Written into the Log File

WiX Help File: Control Element

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