Futurebasic/Language/Reference/def cbox

= DEF &lt;just&gt; BOX Statements =

Statements
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Description
Draws the text in  (using the current font, size, style, etc.) within the rectangle specified by   (which should be an 8-byte variable such as a   type) or pointed to by.

No frame is drawn around the rectangle. If the rectangle is not wide enough to contain the entire string, then the string is automatically wrapped around to the next line, at word boundaries.

Each line of text is either Centered, Left-justified or Right-justified within the rectangle, depending on which variant of the statement you use.

No text is ever drawn outside of the rectangle; if the rectangle is not big enough to contain the entire string, then the text is clipped.

Example
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FB Lite Behavior
When you use the "FB Lite" runtime, the  statements switch to the Graphics Window before executing.

Note
To draw rectangle-bounded text that will redraw itself automatically (during a window refresh), use a static edit field (see the  statement).