Selection Box Control Attributes Window

Start of instruction setAccessible Using

  1. Double-click on the selection box control; or

  2. if selected: "Control > Attributes" or by selecting 'Attributes...' from the control's context menu or

  3. if selected: ENTER.


Entries

Note:
For context-sensitive help on attribute entries, select the entry so it has the focus, and press F1.

Entry in Attributes Window Represents
Name Handle name of the selection box control (may be overwritten with another name).
String STRING attribute value.
... Dialog box for determining sources of STRING attribute values.
Items Input field where you can specify the number of selection box items in the selection box control. When you enter a number here, the dialog editor generates the corresponding selection box items and the corresponding "Source" dialog box becomes enabled.
... Dialog box for determining sources of the selection box items' STRING attribute values.
Font Output field where the font currently selected is displayed.
... Dialog box for selecting fonts.
DIL text DIL-TEXT attribute value (string).
... Dialog box for determining sources of DIL-TEXT attribute values.
Context Menu CONTEXT-MENU attribute value. Specifies the context menu (if any) associated with the control.
State:  
Visible VISIBLE attribute value.
Enabled ENABLED attribute value.
Modifiable MODIFIABLE attribute value.
RTL RTL attribute value. If this entry is checked, the dialog element direction is right-to-left.
Sorted SORTED attribute value. If you check this entry, the items are sorted and you cannot modify them.
Help ID HELP-ID attribute value. You must use the help topic's .h file to map the numerical ID that you enter here to the corresponding help topic ID (created by a markup in the .hlp file).
Edit mask EDIT-MASK attribute value.
Length LENGTH attribute value.
Rectangle: The following four attributes decide the selection box control's x and y axis position, its height and its width on the screen.

X - RECTANGLE-X attribute value.
Y - RECTANGLE-Y attribute value.
W - RECTANGLE-W attribute value.
H - RECTANGLE-H attribute value.

Foreground color:  
Selection box FOREGROUND-COLOUR-NAME attribute value.
... Dialog box for editing FOREGROUND-COLOUR-VALUE attribute value.
Background color:  
Selection box BACKGROUND-COLOUR-NAME attribute value.
... Dialog box for editing BACKGROUND-COLOUR-VALUE attribute value.
Mandatory STYLE attribute value: input in the selection box control's input field is mandatory.
Upper case STYLE attribute value: input will be converted to UPPERCASE letters.
Box dropped down STYLE attribute value: the box stays dropped down all the time.
OK Save settings and exit the window.
Cancel Exit the window without saving the settings.
Help Provides online help on the attributes window.