Displaying and Editing Fields in an Edit Box

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Vcl.DBCtrls.TDBEdit is a data-aware version of an edit box component. TDBEdit displays the current value of a data field to which it is linked and permits it to be edited using standard edit box techniques.

For example, suppose CustomersSource is a TDataSource component that is active and linked to an open TClientDataSet called CustomersTable. You can then place a TDBEdit component on a form and set its properties as follows:

• DataSource: CustomersSource
• DataField: CustNo

The data-aware edit box component immediately displays the value of the current row of the CustNo column of the CustomersTable dataset, both at design time and at run time.

See Also

• Displaying Data as Labels
• Displaying and Editing Text in a Memo Control
• Displaying and Editing Text in a Rich Edit Memo Control
• Displaying and Editing Graphics Fields in an Image Control
• Displaying and Editing Data in List and Combo Boxes
• Handling Boolean Field Values with Check Boxes
• Restricting Field Values with Radio Controls