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 Usage Notes
   ■ You can use labels to display messages to the user by writing code that
     changes a label in response to events at run time. For example, if your
     application takes a few minutes to commit a change, you can create a
     message that displays its processing status.
 
   ■ You can set only one line of text with a label's Caption property at
     design time. To display multiple lines of text in a label, you must
     write code that includes carriage returns at line breaks.
     See: ◄Caption Property►
 
   ■ A label can be used to identify a control, such as a text box, that
     does not have its own Caption property. Because you can set only one
     line of text with the Caption property at design time, you can use a
     label to define multiple line headings for controls that have their own
     Caption property.
 
   ■ The minimum size for a label is 1 x 1; dimensions correspond to the
     Height and Width property settings. Specified settings that are less
     than the minimum value are set to the minimum value. If the label has a
     border, Height property settings 1 and 2 change the appearance of the
     control:
 
          Height = 1               Height = 2               Height >= 3
          ════════════             ════════════             ════════════
          Label1                   ┌──────────┐             ┌──────────┐
                                   └──────────┘             │  Label1  │
                                                            └──────────┘
 
     See: ◄Height Property►  ◄Width Property►