/// <reference path="../../../jqwidgets-ts/jqwidgets.d.ts" />

function createTextArea(selector)
{
    let quotes = [];
    quotes.push('Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.');
    quotes.push('Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.');
    quotes.push('It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.');
    quotes.push('Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.');
    quotes.push('Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.');
    quotes.push('To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.');
    quotes.push('A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.');
    quotes.push('Sleep is the best meditation.');

    // initialization options - validated in typescript
    // jqwidgets.TextAreaOptions has generated TS definition
    let options: jqwidgets.TextAreaOptions = {
        placeHolder: 'Enter a sentence',
        height: 90,
        width: 300,
        minLength: 1,
        source: quotes
    }

    // creates an instance
    let textArea: jqwidgets.jqxTextArea = jqwidgets.createInstance(selector, 'jqxTextArea', options);
}