Accessible Using
Double-click on the selection 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 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. |
| 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. |
