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ActiveX Controls

This document covers the following topics:


Description

ActiveX controls are third-party custom controls that you can integrate into a Natural dialog. In addition to the Natural attributes listed below, the properties, methods and events of the respective ActiveX control are available. The handling of these properties, methods and events is described in Event driven programming techniques - Working with ActiveX controls.

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Natural Attributes for ActiveX Controls

Attribute Name Query Set/Modify In Attr. Window
CLIENT-DATA X X/X  
CLIENT-KEY X X/X  
CLIENT-VALUE X X/X  
CONTEXT-MENU X X/X X
DIL-TEXT X X/X X
DRAG-MODE X X/X X
DROP-MODE X X/X X
ENABLED X X/X X
FIRST-CHILD X -/-  
FOLLOWS X X/X  
HELP-ID X X/X X
LAST-CHILD X -/-  
OWNER X X/-  
PARENT X X/-  
PREDECESSOR X -/-  
RECTANGLE-H X X/X X
RECTANGLE-W X X/X X
RECTANGLE-X X X/X X
RECTANGLE-Y X X/X X
STYLE X X/X X
SUCCESSOR X -/-  
SUPPRESS-BEGIN-DRAG-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-CLIPBOARD-STATUS-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-COPY-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-CUT-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-DELETE-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-DRAG-DROP-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-DRAG-ENTER-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-DRAG-LEAVE-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-DRAG-OVER-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-END-DRAG-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-ENTER-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-LEAVE-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-PASTE-EVENT X X/X  
SUPPRESS-UNDO-EVENT X X/X  
TOOLTIP X X/X  
TYPE X X/-  
VISIBLE X X/X X

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Events

Begin-Drag Event, Clipboard-Status Event, Copy Event, Cut Event, Delete Event, Drag-Drop Event, Drag-Enter Event, Drag-Leave Event, Drag-Over Event, End-Drag Event, Paste Event, Undo Event (all events may be suppressed).

In addition to these Natural-specific events, this dialog element also generates Natural events from the events available with the ActiveX control.

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