Accessible Using
Double-click on the bitmap control; or
if selected: "Control > Attributes" or by selecting 'Attributes...' from the control's context menu or
if selected: ENTER.
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 bitmap control (may be overwritten with another name). |
| Array... | "Array" dialog box for defining an array of bitmap controls. |
| Bitmap | BITMAP-FILE-NAME attribute value. If you pull down the selection box, you can choose from the existing set of .bmp files. |
... |
"Source" dialog box for determining sources of BITMAP-FILE-NAME attribute values. Also provides a list of all available bitmaps to be used. |
| DIL Text | DIL-TEXT attribute value (string). |
... |
"Source" dialog box for determining sources of DIL-TEXT attribute values. |
| Accelerator | ACCELERATOR attribute value. |
... |
Dialog box for determining sources of ACCELERATOR attribute values. |
| State: | |
| Visible | VISIBLE attribute value. |
| Draggable | DRAGGABLE attribute value. If you check this item, the end user may drag the bitmap control and drop it onto another bitmap control. |
| Enabled | ENABLED attribute value. |
| 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 .hlpfile). |
| Command ID | CLIENT-KEY attribute value (used in this context for associating a command ID). |
| Context Menu | CONTEXT-MENU attribute value. Specifies the context menu (if any) associated with the control. |
| Drag Mode | DRAG-MODE attribute value. Indicates whether the control can act as the source in a drag-drop operation and, if so, which types of drag-drop operation it supports. |
| Drop Mode | DROP-MODE attribute value. Indicates whether the control can act as the target in a drag-drop operation and, if so, which types of drag-drop operation it supports. |
| Background Color: | |
| Selection box | BACKGROUND-COLOUR-NAME attribute value. If 'default' is specified, the color of the first (top-left) pixel in the bitmap determines the background color. |
... |
Dialog box for editing BACKGROUND-COLOUR-VALUE attribute value. |
| Rectangle: | The following four attributes decide the bitmap control's x and
y axis position, its height and its width on the screen.
X -
RECTANGLE-X attribute
value. |
| Style: | |
| Vertical Justification: | |
| Top / Center / | Mutually exclusive STYLE attribute values: align to the |
| Bottom | bottom, the vertical center, the top. |
| Horizontal Justification: | |
| Left / Center / | Mutually exclusive STYLE attribute values: align the bitmap |
| Right | to the left (of the rectangle), the horizontal center, the right. |
| Framed | STYLE attribute value: three-dimensional frame. |
| Scaled | STYLE attribute value: scale the bitmap to fit into the underlying bitmap control's rectangle. |
| Transparent | STYLE attribute value: bitmap pixels in the background color do not change the state of the screen. |
| OK | Save settings and exit the window. |
| Cancel | Exit the window without saving the settings. |
| Help | Provides online help on the attributes window. |
