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Tip! - A Panel control can be converted to an Enhanced Panel control. Within the Form Designer, right click on the Panel and select the "Convert to Enhanced Panel" option.

 

ð Size and Coordinates

Left

Specifies the left (horizontal) ordinate pixel of the object

Top

Specifies the top (vertical) ordinate pixel of the object

Width

Specifies the object width, in pixels  

Height

Specifies the object height, in pixels

Align

Specifies the alignment of the object. The options are:

None - Object can be moved anywhere because it is not aligned to the parent object

Client - Aligns itself to the available client area by expanding to fill the parent object that it is in

Left - Aligns itself to the left side of the parent object growing or shrinking to match parent height

Right - Aligns itself to the right side of the parent object growing or shrinking to match parent height

Top - Aligns itself to the top side of the parent object growing or shrinking to match parent width

Bottom - Aligns itself to the bottom side of the parent object growing or shrinking to match parent width

 

ð Caption Settings

Caption

Value which the object will display when the form is run

Caption Alignment

Specifies the horizontal justification of the text within the object. The options are:

Left - Text is left justified

Center - Text is center justified

Right - Text is right justified

 

ð Hint

Value which will display when the object is hovered over by the mouse cursor

 

ð Background Color and Font

Specifies the background color of the object

AaBbYyZz

Specifies the font style, size and color for the object

 

ð Attributes

Auto Size

Object will shrink or stretch automatically based on value displayed

Show Hint

Displays the defined hint

Tab Stop

Determines whether or not field is part of tab order and user is able to land on this field

Native Appearance

Specifies to display the control where the appearance will be rendered by the operating system

Transparent

Allows the background to become transparent to the parent object

Parent Color

Forces the control to follow the color attributes of its parent control

Parent Background

Forces the control to follow the color attributes of its parent control, working like a transparency, in taking the parent object as the background

 

ð Component ID

Unique identifier used when passing property parameters in statements

 

 

See also:

 

Using Panels and Splitters

Enhanced Panel

Panel_Prop