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.

The sample shows the title bar of the Properties view. It is titled Properties - group selected.

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:

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

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
Select Properties from the pop-up menu of an object, control, library name, or table or column name
Select Object>Properties or Entry>Properties from the menu bar (depending on the painter you are working in)
Click the Properties button in the PainterBar