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Story Control Properties
Windows - Visual C++


Click on the Story property to see its syntax:

Alignment

The Alignment property sets or gets the story alignment.

AsyncRun

Determines whether calls to the Run method return immediately or wait for a response from the server.

BackColor

Returns or sets the background color of the control.

BorderStyle

Returns or sets the border style of the control.

ContextMenuEnabled

Returns or sets the flag that indicates whether or not the context menu is enabled.

DataValid

Indicates whether the control's data can be queried.

DisplayBranding

Returns or sets whether to display the headline of the story in bold type along with it's associated story source logo.

Font

Returns or sets the font used to display text in the control. 

ForeColor

Returns or sets the color used to display text in the control.

HeadlineText

Returns the headline text associated with this story.

HeadlineViewID

Returns or sets the headline view ID associated with this story.

News2000Format

Returns or sets the News2000 formatting of the text of the story.

NumCopies

Returns or sets the number of copies of the story to print.

ParagraphFormat

Returns or sets the paragraph formatting of the text of the story.

PrintInstructions

Returns or sets the string that will be printed if the user attempts to print from a container that does not support the control's print methods.

PrinterName

Returns or sets the default printer name used to print story.

ProfileColor

Returns or sets the highlight color for profile hits in the story.

ProfileHitCount

Returns a count of how many profiles found in the story.

RightIndent

Sets or gets the right margin for the story text.

Run

Initiates the retrieval of a story.

Running

Flag indicating whether a story retrieval is in progress.

SearchColor

Returns or sets the highlight color for search hits in the story.

SearchHitCount

Returns the number of search hits within the text of the story.

SelectedText

Returns or sets the currently selected text.

SpaceParagraphs

Returns or sets whether to put a space between paragraphs during formatting.

StartIndent

Sets or gets the indentation length for the story text.

StoryHitCount

Returns the total number of profile and search hits in the displayed story.

StoryID

Returns or sets the story ID of the story to be displayed by the control.

StorySize

Returns the size of the story in bytes.

SubjectCount

Returns the number of unique subject codes in the story.

TableFormat

Returns or sets whether to format tables inside a story.

TableStrength

Contains the current value of the table strength for a story.

TickerCount

Returns the number of unique ticker codes in the story.

URLColor

Returns or sets the highlight color for URL links in the story.

URLCount

Returns the number of Universal Resource Locators (URL's) within the text of the story.

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