Possible settings in the Properties bar

Depending on the selected element, different tabs are displayed.

Display tab

On the Display tab, you specify what an element is to look like. For example, you specify whether a label is to be left-aligned and whether a tooltip is to be displayed. You can also specify how the element is to behave when the dialog is enlarged or reduced in size. Depending on the element modeled, various design options are available.

Data tab

On the Data tab, you specify the name of the label if it cannot be entered in the element directly. You also determine whether the element is a mandatory field, read-only, or subject to voting. You can set a value as the default value if required.

The identifier of the dialog element is displayed. If you activate the report support, enter the GUID of the relevant report Default ID of report field.

Depending on the element modeled, you can specify various options.

List entries tab

On the List entries tab, you define the names and values of the list entries, create new entries, and specify the layout.

The List entries tab is available for List, Combo box, and Check box list elements.

Depending on the element modeled, you can model various entries.

Columns tab

You can use the Columns tab to edit the number and position of columns. The number of rows depends on the number of entries in a list that are connected to the corresponding column in the data flow. Use the Item type column on the Columns tab to define the item type to be displayed when editing a task in the dialog. These are available:

Column dependencies tab

You can define dependencies among columns on the Column dependencies tab. For example, if the source column contains a check box that can be enabled or disabled, it affects the behavior of the target column. The target column could then contain different text. You can only define dependencies between two columns.

Dependencies tab

On the Dependencies tab of an element, you can define the interdependencies of individual elements of a dialog.

Depending on the elements to be linked via a dependency, various actions are possible, for example, you can define that a dialog element is displayed or not depending on whether there is content in a text box or not.

Action

Displays the action to be performed for the element selected. For example, you can decide that a particular check box is not visible if another one is enabled.

Strategy

Displays the trigger strategy. You can define multiple triggers within a dependency. The strategy specifies whether all of these triggers must be met or if one is sufficient.

Trigger

Displays the criterion that needs to be met for the trigger source in order to perform the predefined action for the dependent element.