Supplying property values

Each property has its own set of property values that you can use to specify the true and false conditions in the If expression. Usually you specify a number to indicate what you want. For example, if you are working with the Border property, you use the number 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 to specify a border.

Table 9-1 summarizes the properties available. A detailed description of each property follows the table. For a complete list of properties for each control, see the online Help.

In the Properties window, property names display without dots and underscores, and properties with dots, such as font.escapement, display in a tree view. Expand the font node to set the escapement property.

**Table 9-1: Properties for controls in the DataWindow painter**
Property	Category	Description
Background.Color	Appearance	Background color of a control
Border	Appearance	Border of a control
Brush.Color	Appearance	Color of a graphic control
Brush.Hatch	Appearance	Pattern used to fill a graphic control
Color	Appearance	Color of text for text controls, columns, and computed fields; background color for the DataWindow object; line color for graphs
Font.Escapement (for rotating controls)	Appearance	Rotation of a control
Font.Height	Appearance	Height of text
Font.Italic	Appearance	Use of italic font for text
Font.Strikethrough	Appearance	Use of strikethrough for text
Font.Underline	Appearance	Use of underlining for text
Font.Weight	Appearance	Weight (for example, bold) of text font
Format	Behavior	Display format for columns and computed fields
Height	Layout	Height of a control
Pen.Color	Appearance	Color of a line or the line surrounding a graphic control
Pen.Style	Appearance	Style of a line or the line surrounding a graphic control
Pen.Width	Appearance	Width of a line or the line surrounding a graphic control
Pointer	Appearance	Image to be used for the pointer
Protect	General	Whether a column can be edited
Timer_Interval	General	How often time fields are to be updated
Visible	General	Whether a control is visible
Width	Layout	Width of a control
X	Layout	X position of a control
X1, X2	Layout	X coordinates of either end of a line
Y	Layout	Y position of a control relative to the band in which it is located
Y1, Y2	Layout	Y coordinates of either end of a line