General Tab

This General tab enables you to define the general properties of a form control. These properties differ, depending on the control type. Not all of the following properties are available for every control.

āĻāχ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇...

From the context menu:

Choose Control Properties - General tab.

From the tabbed interface:

Choose Forms - Control Properties - General tab.

From toolbars:

Icon Control

Control Properties


āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

If you export the current form document to HTML format, the default control values are exported, not the current control values. Default values are determined - depending on the type of control - by the properties' Default value (for example, in text fields), Default status (for check boxes and option fields), and Default selection (for list boxes).


AutoFill

The AutoFill function displays a list of previous entries after you start to type an entry.

Filtering/Sorting

Specifies to show or hide the filtering and sorting items in a selected Navigation bar control. Filtering and sorting items are the following: Sort ascending, Sort descending, Sort, Automatic filter, Standard filter, Apply filter, Reset filter/sort.

URL

Enter the URL address for a Open document or web page button type in the URL box. The address opens when you click the button.

āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŽā§‹āĻĄā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāωāϏāϕ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āϤāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϏāϰāĻžāύ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ URL āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϧāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻŦ⧇, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝ āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤

āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ

For control fields which have visible text or titles, select the display font that you want to use. To open the Font dialog, click the ... button. The selected font is used in control fields names and to display data in table control fields.

āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇

Specifies to show or hide the positioning items in a selected Navigation bar control. Positioning items are the following: Record label, Record position, Record count label, Record count.

āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύX

āύ⧋āĻ™ā§āĻ—āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒ⧃āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞ⧇āϰ X āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύY

āύ⧋āĻ™ā§āĻ—āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒ⧃āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞ⧇āϰ Y āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰ āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

āφāωāĻ•āύ⧇āϰ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ

Specifies whether the icons in a selected Navigation bar should be small or large.

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇

Specifies to show or hide the action items in a selected Navigation bar control. Action items are the following: Save record, Undo, New record, Delete record, Refresh.

āĻ•āĻžāϜ

You can use navigation actions to design your own database navigation buttons.

The following table describes the actions that you can assign to a button:

āĻ•āĻžāϜ

āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž

āϕ⧇āωāύāĻž

āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āϘāĻŸā§‡āύāĻŋāĨ¤

āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϰāĻŽ

Sends the data that is entered in other control fields of the current form to the address that is specified in Form Properties under URL.

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ PDF āĻĢāĻžāχāϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ⧇āϰ "URL" āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ URL āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϰāĻŽ

Resets the settings in other control fields to the predefined defaults: Default Status, Default Selection, Default Value.

āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āύāĻĨāĻŋ / āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āĻž

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ URL āĻ–ā§‹āϞ⧇ āϝāĻž URL āĻāϰ āĻ…āϧ⧀āύ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ

āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĢāϰāĻŽāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ

āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĢāϰāĻŽāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤

āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ

āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĢāϰāĻŽāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤

āĻļ⧇āώ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ

āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĢāϰāĻŽāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤

āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āφāύāĻž

āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āύāϤ⧁āύ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ

āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĢāϰāĻŽāϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ⧇ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤

āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧁āύ

āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻŽā§āϛ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇āĨ¤

āϰāĻŋāĻĢā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻĢāϰāĻŽ

āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĢāϰāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤


āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻ•

In a currency field, you can predefine the currency symbol by entering the character or string in the "Currency symbol" property.

āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

Specifies the delay in milliseconds between repeating events. A repeating event occurs when you click an arrow button or the background of a scrollbar, or one of the record navigation buttons of a Navigation bar, and you keep the mouse button pressed for some time. You can enter a value followed by a valid time unit, for example, 2 s or 500 ms.

āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

If you set this option to "Yes", the Push button receives the focus when you click the button.

āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ•āϏ

An image button has a "Graphics" property. The "Graphics" property specifies the graphic's path and file name that you want to have displayed on the button. If you select the graphic file with the ... button, the path and file name will be automatically included in the text box.

āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāύ⧋, āϘ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŖāύ āĻŦā§‹āϤāĻžāĻŽ

Numerical fields, currency fields, date and time fields can be introduced as spin buttons in the form.

āϛ⧋āϟ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

Specify the value to add or subtract when the user clicks the Arrow icon on the scrollbar.

āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āϧāϰāύ

Allows you to use line breaks and formatting in a control field, such as a text box or label. To manually enter a line break, press the Enter key. Select "Multi-line with formatting" to enter formatted text.

āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϤāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āφāχāĻ•āύ

āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ "āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āϞāĻžāχāύāϏāĻš āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ" āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϏ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤


āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāϤāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝ āĻ•āϞāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ "āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇āϰ āχāύāĻĒ⧁āϟ" āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĨ¤


āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āϞāĻžāχāύ āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧ

āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϏ āĻ•āϞāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϞāĻŋāĻ–āϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāχāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϕ⧋āĻĄ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āĨ¤

āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ

The "Tabstop" property determines if a control field can be selected with the Tab key. The following options are available:

āύāĻž

When using the Tab key, focusing skips the control.

āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ

The control can be selected with the Tab key.


āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ

The "Tab order" property determines the order in which the controls are focused in the form when you press the Tab key. In a form that contains more than one control, the focus moves to the next control when you press the Tab key. You can specify the order in which the focus changes with an index under "Tab order".

āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

The "Tab order" property is not available to Hidden Controls. If you want, you can also set this property for image buttons and image controls, so that you can select these controls with the Tab key.


When creating a form, an index is automatically assigned to the control fields that are added to this form; every control field added is assigned an index increased by 1. If you change the index of a control, the indices of the other controls are updated automatically. Elements that cannot be focused ("Tabstop = No") are also assigned a value. However, these controls are skipped when using the Tab key.

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϏāĻšāϜāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϏ⧂āϚāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ– āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ

Determines a time which can not be exceeded by another value introduced by the user.

āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϖ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ

With date fields you can determine the format for the date readout.

āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

āϏāĻŦ āĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ (āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ–, āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ, āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧀, āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧂āϚāĻ•) āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧟āĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‡ āĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϟ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋ

Please note the tips referring to the keyboard controls.

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻŦā§‹ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

āύ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āϝ⧇ āϝ⧇āχ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ, āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āϧāϰāύ āĻāϰ āĻ…āϧ⧀āύ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ "āĻŽāĻžāύ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž" āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤


āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻŦ⧇āϏ⧇ āĻš āϞ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋ āϚāĻžāύ āύāĻž āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āύāϝāĻŧ, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāϰ āĻ…āϧ⧀āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϰ āϧāϰāύ, āĻ…āĻĒāĻļāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ " āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž "āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻāϰ āĻ…āϧ⧀āύ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĸā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§āϞāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤

āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

HTML āύāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, HTML āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧂āĻĒ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ <OPTION>; <OPTION VALUE=...> āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāϗ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧂āĻĒāωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ…āϧ⧀āύ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋ āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤āĨ¤


āϤāĻŋāύ āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž

Specifies whether a check box can also represent ZERO values of a linked database apart from the TRUE and FALSE values. This function is only available if the database accepts three states: TRUE, FALSE and ZERO.

āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

The "Tristate" property is only defined for database forms, not for HTML forms.


āĻĻāĻļāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž

With numerical and currency fields you can determine the number of digits displayed to the right of the decimal point.

āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ

āϞāĻžāχāĻ­ āĻŽā§‹āĻĄā§‡ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻž āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž āĻŽā§‹āĻĄā§‡, āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤

āύ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āϝ⧇, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ "Yes" (āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϟ) āĻ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžā§Ÿ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āύ⧟āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύāϤāĻž āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧂āĻĒ, āϰāĻžāχāϟāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāϤ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϤ⧇āχ āϤāĻž āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤

āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ "No" āϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āϞāĻžāχāĻ­ āĻŽā§‹āĻĄā§‡ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

āύāĻĨāĻŋ āĻĒ⧜āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ OpenOffice.org āĻāϰ ā§Š.ā§§ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āϰāĻŖ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒ⧁āϰāύ⧋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āϰāĻŖāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻāχ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āύāĻŋāϰāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ

Specifies the size of scrollbar thumb in "value units". A value of ("Scroll value max." minus "Scroll value min." ) / 2 would result in a thumb which occupies half of the background area.

If set to 0, then the thumb's width will equal its height.

āϧāϰāύ

Specifies whether Check boxes and Option buttons are displayed in a 3D look (default) or a flat look.

āύāĻžāĻŽ

Each control field and each form has a "Name" property through which it can be identified. The name will appear in the Form Navigator and, using the name, the control field can be referred to from a macro. The default settings already specify a name which is constructed from using the field's label and number.

āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰ⧋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻāĻ•āĻ•āĨ¤


The name is also used to group different controls that belong together functionally, such as radio buttons. To do so, give the same name to all members of the group: controls with identical names form a group. Grouped controls can be represented visually by using a Group Box.

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āφāύāĻž

A control field with the dropdown property has an additional arrow button which opens the list of the existing form entries per mouse click. Under Line count, you can specify how many lines (or rows) should be displayed in the dropdown state. Combination fields can have the dropdown property.

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϪ⧇ āĻ•āϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻŦā§‹ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĨ¤

āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧁āύ

Specifies whether a text selection on a control remains selected when the focus is no longer on a control. If you set Hide selection to "No", the selected text remains selected when the focus is no longer on the control that contains the text.

āύ⧋āĻ™ā§āĻ—āϰ

āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

āĻĒāϟāĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϰ āϰāĻ‚

A background color is available for most control fields. If you click on Background color, a list will open which enables you to select among various colors. The "Standard" option adopts the system setting. If the desired color is not listed, click the ... button to define a color in the Color dialog.

āĻĒāĻžāϏāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ

If the user enters a password, you can determine the characters that will be displayed instead of the characters typed by the user. Under Password character, enter the ASCII code of the desired character. You can use the values from 0 to 255.

āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āφāχāĻ•āύ

The characters and their ASCII codes can be seen in the Special Characters dialog (Insert - Special Character).


āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

Specifies if the action of a control such as a spin button repeats when you click the control and hold the mouse button down.

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž

Specifies whether an option or a check box is selected by default.

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϧāϰāύ āĻŦāĻžāϟāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϟāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

For grouped option fields, the status of the group corresponding to the default setting is defined by the "Default Status" property.

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻŦā§‹ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ–

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ– āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ

Specifies the list box entry to mark as the default entry.

For a Reset type button, the Default selection entry defines the status of the list box if the reset button is activated by the user.

For a List box that contains a value list, you can click the ... button to open the Default selection dialog.

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāϗ⧇, āϝāĻ–āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻ–ā§‹āϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻ–āύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§‹āϤāĻžāĻŽ

The "Default button" property specifies that the corresponding button will be operated when you press the Return key. If you open the dialog or form and do not carry out any further action, the button with this property is the default button.

āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

āύāĻĨāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāχ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻŦā§‹āϤāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤


When using Web page forms, you might come across this property in search masks. These are edit masks that contain a text field and a Submit type button. The search term is entered in the text field and the search is started by activating the button. If the button is defined as the default button, however, simply hit Enter after entering the search term in order to start the search.

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻŽāĻžāύ

Sets the default value for the control field. For example, the default value will be entered when a form is opened.

For a Reset type button, the Default value entry defines the status of the control if the reset button is activated by the user.

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāϞ āĻŽāĻžāύ

Sets the default value for the scrollbar.

āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻ•

Determines if the currency symbol is displayed before or after the number when using currency fields. The default setting is currency symbols are not prefixed.

āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻ• āϰāĻ‚

āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϪ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āϕ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻ‚ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰ⧇, āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāϏāϰ⧁āĻĒ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāϞāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āϤ⧀āϰāĨ¤

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŸā§‹āĻ—ā§‹āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

Specifies if a Push button behaves as a Toggle Button. If you set Toggle to "Yes", you can switch between the "selected" and "not selected" control states when you click the button or press the Spacebar while the control has the focus. A button in the "selected" state appears "pressed in".

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ

Sets the column width in the table control field in the units that are specified in the LibreOffice module options. If you want, you can enter a value followed by a valid measurement unit, for example, 2 cm.

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ

āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧋āϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ

You can also specify the target frame to display a URL that you open when you click a button that has been assigned to the "Open document or web page" action.

āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒāĻļāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ⧋āĻ•ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻžāϜāĻŽāĻžāύ:

āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ

āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

_blank

āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

_parent

āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ• āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

_self

āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

_top

āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ-āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹āϤ⧇ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϝāĻž, āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡; āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āχāϤ⧋āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻļā§€āĻ°ā§āώ āωāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‹ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

The "Frame" property is relevant for HTML forms, but not for database forms.


āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ

āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāϞāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϞāĻžāχāĻĄāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻ–āύ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻŦāĻšā§āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ

Allows you to select more than one item in a list box.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇

Specifies the format code for the control. Click the ... button to select the format code.

āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ./āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻŽāĻžāύ

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āĻ• āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāύ āĻŦā§‹āϤāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ•āϰāϪ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻŽāĻžāωāϏ āĻšā§āχāϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāϞ

Sets whether the value changes when the user scrolls a mouse wheel. Never: No change of the value. When focused: (default) The value changes when the control has the focus and the wheel is pointing at the control and gets scrolled. Always: The value changes when the wheel is pointing at the control and gets scrolled, no matter which control has the focus.

āĻŽāĻžāύ

In a hidden control, under Value, you can enter the data which is inherited by the hidden control. This data will be transferred when sending the form.

āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ

You can preset the value intervals for numerical and currency spin buttons. Use the up and down arrows of the spin button to increase or decrease the value.

āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

Defines the edit mask. By specifying a character code you can determine what the user can enter in the control field. By specifying the character code in pattern fields, you can determine what the user can enter in the pattern field.

The length of the edit mask determines the number of the possible input positions. If the user enters characters that do not correspond to the edit mask, the input is rejected when the user leaves the field.

You can enter the following characters to define the edit mask:

āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ

āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

L

A text constant. This position cannot be edited. The character is displayed at the corresponding position of the Literal Mask.

a

The characters a-z and A-Z can be entered. Capital characters are not converted to lowercase characters.

A

The characters A-Z can be entered. If a lowercase letter is entered, it is automatically converted to a capital letter.

c

The characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9 can be entered. Capital characters are not converted to lowercase characters.

C

The characters A-Z and 0-9 can be entered. If a lowercase letter is entered, it is automatically converted to a capital letter.

N

Only the characters 0-9 can be entered.

x

āϏāĻŦ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŖāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

X

All printable characters can be entered. If a lowercase letter is entered, it is automatically converted to a capital letter.


For the literal mask "__.__.2000", for example, define the "NNLNNLLLLL" edit mask so that the user can only enter four digits when entering a date.

āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŖāĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ, āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŖāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻļ

With masked fields you can specify a literal mask. A literal mask contains the initial values of a form, and is always visible after downloading a form. Using a character code for the Edit mask, you can determine the entries that the user can type into the masked field.

āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

āφāĻ•ā§āώāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧈āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧈āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āϕ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒā§‚āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧈āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϰ⧂āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŖāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ

Specifies whether you want the control field to appear in a document's printout.

āĻŽā§‚āϞāĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž

Specifies to show or hide the navigation items in a selected Navigation bar control. Navigation items are the following: First record, Previous record, Next record, Last record.

āĻŽā§‚āϞāĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰ

Specifies whether to display the Navigation bar on the lower border of the table control.

āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻ•

The "Label" property sets the label of the control field that is displayed in the form. This property determines the visible label or the column header of the data field in table control forms.

When you create a new control, the description predefined in the "Name" property is used as the default for labeling the control. The label consists of the control field name and an integer numbering the control (for example, CommandButton1). With the "Title" property, you can assign another description to the control so that the label reflects the function of the control. Change this entry in order to assign an expressive label to the control that is visible to the user.

To create a multi-line title, open the combo box using the Arrow button. You can enter a line break by pressing Shift++Enter.

āύ⧋āϟ āφāχāĻ•āύ

The "Title" property is only used for labeling a form element in the interface visible to the user. If you work with macros, note that at runtime, a control is always addressed through the "Name" property.


āĻŽā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻ• āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ

Specifies the source for the label of the control. The text of the label field will be used instead of the name of a database field. For example, in the Filter Navigator, Search dialog, and as a column name in the table view.

To define one character of the label as a mnemonic, so that the user can access this control by pressing the character on the keyboard, insert a tilde (~) character in front of the character in the label.

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Check the No assignment box to remove the link between a control and the assigned label field.

āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

Specifies whether the first column is displayed with row labels, in which the current record is marked by an arrow.

āϞāĻžāχāύ āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž

For combo boxes with the "Dropdown" property, you can specify how many lines should be displayed in the dropdown list. With control fields which do not have the Dropdown option, the line's display will be specified by the size of the control field and the font size.

āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ

You can have a format check with control fields that accept formatted contents (date, time, and so on). If the strict format function is activated (Yes), only the allowed characters are accepted. For example, in a date field, only numbers or date delimiters are accepted; all alphabet entries typed with your keyboard are ignored.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤāĻŋ

Displays text on more than one line. Allows you to use line breaks in a text box, so that you can enter more than one line of text. To manually enter a line break, press Enter.

āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ

The "Read-only" property can be assigned to all controls in which the user can enter text. If you assign the read-only property to an image field which uses graphics from a database, the user will not be able to insert new graphics into the database.

āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ

If a control field has the property "Enabled" (Yes), the form user can use the control field. Otherwise (No), it is disabled and greyed out.

āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ

You can define the desired format for the time display.

āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ

Determines the minimum time that a user can enter.

āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ–

Determines the earliest date that a user can enter.

āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻŽāĻžāύ

For numerical and currency fields you can determine a minimum value to prevent the user from entering a smaller value.

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Specify the minimum value of a scrollbar control.

āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āĻĻ⧈āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ

For text and combo boxes, you can define the maximum number of characters that the user can enter. If this control field property is uncertain, the default setting will be zero.

If the control is linked to a database and the text length is to be accepted from the field definition of the database, you must not enter the text length here. The settings are only accepted from the database if the control property was not defined ("Not Defined" state).

āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ–

Determines a date which can not be exceeded by another value introduced by the user.

āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āĻŽāĻžāύ

For numerical and currency fields, you can determine the maximum value that the user can enter.

āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāϞ āĻŽāĻžāύāĨ¤

Specify the maximum value of a scrollbar control.

āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž URL

Specifies a batch label in URL spelling which refers to a help document and which can be called with the help of the control field. The help for the control field help can be opened if the focus is positioned on the control field and the user presses F1.

āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ

Provides the option of entering a help text that will be displayed as a tip on the control. The tip shows the text in user mode when the mouse is moved over the control.

For URL type buttons, the help text appears as the extended tip instead of the URL address entered under URL.

āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ

In each control field you can specify additional information or a descriptive text for the control field. This property helps the programmer to save additional information that can be used in the program code. This field can be used, for example, for variables or other evaluation parameters.

āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋ / āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ•āϏ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋

The alignment options are left-aligned, right-aligned, and centered. These options are available for the following elements:

  1. Title of Label fields,

  2. Content of text fields,

  3. Content of table fields in the columns of a table control,

  4. Graphics or text that are used in buttons.

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āϏāĻžāϰāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻž

In table controls, enter a value for the row height. If you want, you can enter a value followed by valid measurement unit, for example, 2 cm.

āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž

With control fields that have a frame, you can determine the border display on the form using the "Border" property. You can select among the "Without frame", "3-D look" or "Flat" options.

āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āϰāĻ‚

Specifies the border color for controls that have the "Border" property set to "flat".

āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ

Resizes the image to fit the size of the control.

āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāϞāĻŦāĻžāϰ

Adds the scrollbar type that you specify to a text box.

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ

Specifies the horizontal or vertical orientation for a scrollbar or spin button.

āĻšāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϜāĻ•

With numerical and currency fields you can determine whether thousands separators are used.

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