National Instruments Measurement Studio - Manual (Page 24)

Chapter 2 Measurement Studio .NET Class Libraries
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Numeric Edit Control
Use the Measurement Studio numeric edit control, as shown in Figure 2-4,
to display numeric values and to provide a way by which end users can edit
numeric values. Typically, you use a numeric edit control to input or
display
double numerical data instead of using a Windows Forms
TextBox or NumericUpDown control.
Figure 2-4. Numeric Edit Control in Engineering Format Mode
With the numeric edit control and the classes that interface with the control
you can perform the following operations:
• Use up/down buttons for easy incrementing and decrementing.
• Perform range checking.
• Set the range to infinite maximums and minimums.
• Create custom formats or use built-in numeric formats including
generic, engineering, and simple double.
• Connect to a numeric control so that if you change the value of
one control, it changes the value of the other control.
• Set the coercion mode property to discrete or continuous values. This
configures the control to allow entry or display of either a discrete set
of values or any value.
• Set the interaction mode to keyboard and mouse, keyboard only,
mouse only, or none.
• Use the edit box to select text programmatically and to validate text
values.
Tip For more information about using the numeric edit control, refer to the NumericEdit
Class section in the NI Measurement Studio Help.