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Setting properties
20 DataWindow .NET
Setting properties
In DataWindow Designer, you set properties on pages that display in a tabbed
dialog box or in a view in a painter. In the DataWindow painter, you set object
properties in the Properties view. In the Database painter, you set properties in
the Object Details view.
For example, for a column in a DataWindow object, you can set several
different kinds of properties (general, pointer, HTML, position, edit style, font,
and display format) by clicking appropriate tabs in the Properties view.
How property pages
work in the Properties
view
The Properties view is dynamically updated when you select another object or
control. If you select more than one object or control,
group selected
displays in the title bar, the properties common to them display, and you can set
the properties for more than one control at a time.
In the Properties view, you can use a pop-up menu to specify where the labels
for the properties display and to get Help on the properties.
The selections you make or the information you type into a box in the
Properties view is saved when you tab to another field or open a different
property page.
How other property
pages work
Properties dialog boxes that do not display in the Properties view have OK,
Cancel, Apply, and Help buttons. The Apply button is enabled when you make
a change on one tab:
Displaying properties
pages
You can display properties pages in a few ways:
• Select View>Properties from the menu bar in the DataWindow painter or
View>Object Details in the Database painter
• If the Properties view is open, select an object or control in the Layout or
Control List views to display the properties of the object or control in the
Properties view
Use this button To do this
OK Apply the properties you have set on all tabs and close the
property page
Cancel Close the window and apply no new changes
Apply Apply the properties you have set on all tabs immediately
without closing the property page
Help Get Help on setting properties for the tab that displays