Text vs StaticText

[Former Community Member]

In the Form Designer Hierarchy, I see some Text objects have names like "Text9" while others "StaticText8".  What's the difference between Text and StaticText?

Also, how do I turn a Text object 90 degrees counter-clock-wise?

thanks.

[whyisthisme · Accepted solution]

To turn an object there are buttons in the Layout palette next to the Anchor drop-down list. You just click on the rotation button you want for that object.

[Former Community Member]

The hierarchy view shows you the names of the objects as well as the relationship between objects (groupings, subforms, pages). The name that is given is simply a means of addressing the object when referencing it (for example in script). That name can be changed to whatever you want. When the object is dropped onto the drawing area a default name is given (i.e. Text1, TextField1, ...) As names must be unique the number is incremented at the end automatically.

So my guess is that Text9 is the 9th Text object that was dropped onto the drawing area and StaticText8 is a Text object that was renamed.

Hope that helps

Paul