Specifying application properties

You specify application properties in the Application painter’s Properties view.

StepsTo specify application properties:

  1. In the Application painter, if the Properties view is not open, select View>Properties from the menu bar.

    With the exception of the AppName property, the properties on the General and Toolbar tab pages can be modified in the Properties view and in scripts.

    If you need help specifying properties in the Properties view, right-click on the background of the Properties view and select Help from the pop-up menu.

  2. Select the General or Toolbar tab page, or, on the General tab page, click the Additional Properties button to display the Application properties dialog box.

    The additional properties on the Application properties dialog box can be modified only in this dialog box. They cannot be modified in scripts.

  3. Specify the properties:

    To specify this

    Use this tab page

    Display name

    General tab page

    Application has toolbar text and toolbar tips

    Toolbar tab page

    Default font for static text as it appears in windows, user objects, and DataWindow objects

    Additional Properties (Text Font)

    Default font for data retrieved in a DataWindow object

    Additional Properties (Column Font)

    Default font for column headers in tabular and grid DataWindow objects

    Additional Properties (Header Font)

    Default font for column labels in freeform DataWindow objects

    Additional Properties (Label Font)

    Application icon

    Additional Properties (Icon)

    Global objects for the application

    Additional Properties (Variable Types)

These sections have information about how you specify the following application properties in the Application painter: