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# TControl.RealGetText

Function to get a text-string associated with the control

## Declaration

Source position: controls.pp line 1127

`protected function TControl.RealGetText: TCaption; virtual;`

## Function result

The Function returns the required text as a string

## Description

This is the function that is actually used by GetTextBuf, and loads a string rather than performing read-write to a PChar buffer

## See also

GetTextBuf |  | Gets text associated with the control from a buffer
RealSetText |  | Procedure to store text associated with the control in a string
SetTextBuf |  | Stores text associated with the control in a buffer

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