Version 6.3.8 for Windows
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Control Box Control Attributes Window

Start of instruction setAccessible Using

  1. Double-click on the control 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 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.
Y - RECTANGLE-Y attribute value.
W - RECTANGLE-W attribute value.
H - RECTANGLE-H 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.

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