Accessible Using
Double-click on the control box 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 control box control. |
| State | |
| Visible | VISIBLE attribute value. |
| Enabled | ENABLED attribute value. |
| Style: | |
| Framed | STYLE attribute value; creates a simple frame around the control box control. |
| Lowered | STYLE attribute value; creates a 3-D border with a sunken appearance. |
| Exclusive | STYLE attribute value; marks the control box as exclusive. Amongst any set of sibling controls (i.e., controls with the same parent), only one control box marked as exclusive can be visible at any one time. This applies both in the Dialog Editor and at run-time. |
| Transparent | STYLE attribute value; creates a transparent control box. Allows the control box itself to be invisible without making the child controls it contains invisible. |
| Size to parent | STYLE attribute value; control boxes with this style are resized to fill the entire client area of their parent whenever the parent control is resized, or when this style is initially set in the Dialog Editor. |
| Rectangle: | The following four attributes decide the control box control's x
and y axis position, its height and its width on the screen.
X -
RECTANGLE-X attribute
value. |
| Background color: | |
| Selection box | BACKGROUND-COLOUR-NAME attribute value. |
... |
Invokes dialog box for editing BACKGROUND-COLOUR-VALUE attribute value. |
| Wallpaper | WALLPAPER attribute value. Specifies the wallpaper (if any) associated with the control. |
| 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. |
| OK | Save settings and exit the window. |
| Cancel | Exit the window without saving the settings. |
| Help | Provides online help on the attributes window. |
