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peBullets - DfBaseRichEdit

Sets or returns bullets or numbering of selected paragraph or paragraphs

Type: Property
Access: Read/Write
Data Type: integer
Parameters: None

Syntax

Property integer peBullets
Access Type Syntax
Read Access: Get peBullets to integerVariable
Write Access: Set peBullets to integerVariable/Value

Description

If any part of a paragraph is selected, this property applies to the entire paragraph. If the cursor is in a paragraph, this property applies to the entire paragraph.

This property has no effect if control is not paged.

To set the starting number or letter for paragraph numbering, use piBulletStart. To set the style of the bullet or number for paragraph numbering, use peBulletStyle.

Possible values are:

Constant Meaning
buNone Apply no bullets or numbering
buBullets Apply bullets
buArabicNumbers Apply numbering with Arabic numbers
buLowerLetters Apply numbering with lowercase letters
buUpperLetters Apply numbering with uppercase letters
buLowerRomans Apply numbering with lowercase Roman numerals
buUpperRomans Apply numbering with uppercase Roman numerals

Sample

This sample applies bullets to the paragraph or paragraphs of the currently selected text.

set peBullets to buBullets

Sample

This sample applies numbering with lowercase Roman numerals to the selected paragraph or paragraphs, sets the starting number to 3 and sets the bullet style to enclose the number in parentheses..

set peBullets to buLowerRomans
set piBulletStart to 3
set peBulletStyle to busEncloseParen

Sample

This sample removes all bullets and numbering from the paragraph or paragraphs of the currently selected text.

set peBullets to buNone
Col 1 Col 2
Note: To use the buXXX constants in your code, you may have to include cRichEdit.pkg in your code (if it is not already included):Use cRichEdit.pkg