Background.property
Description
Settings for the color and transparency of a control.
Applies to
Button, Column, Computed Field, GroupBox, Line, Oval, Rectangle, RoundRectangle,
and Text controls
Syntax
PowerBuilder dot notation:
dw_control.Object.controlname.Background.property
Describe and Modify argument:
"controlname.Background.property { = ' value ' }"
SyntaxFromSql:
Column ( Background.property = value )
Text ( Background.property = value )
Parameter
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Description
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controlname
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The control whose Background properties
you want to get or set.
When generating DataWindow syntax with SyntaxFromSql, the Background
settings apply to all columns or all text controls.
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property
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A property that applies to the background
of a control, as listed in the Property table below.
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value
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Values for the properties are shown below. Value can
be a quoted DataWindow expression.
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Property for Background
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Value
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Brushmode
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(exp) An integer
indicating the type of “brush” to use for the
gradient.
Values are:
Painter: Background tab, Gradient group (not available in RichText,
Graph, or OLE DataWindow objects).
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Color
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(exp) A long expression
specifying the color (the red, green, and blue values) to be used
as the control’s background color.
Painter: Background tab
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Mode
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(exp) A number expression
specifying the mode of the background of controlname.
Values are:
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Transparency
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(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100, where 0 means that the column or control’s primary
background is opaque and 100 that it is completely transparent.
Painter: Background tab.
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Gradient.Angle
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(exp) An integer
indicating the angle in degrees (values are 0 to 360) used to offset the
color and transparency gradient. This property is used only when
the column’s or control’s background.gradient.mode
takes values of 3 or 4.
Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.
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Gradient.Color
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(exp) A long specifying
the color (the red, green, and blue values) to be used as the column
or control’s secondary background color. The gradient defines
transitions between the primary and secondary background colors.
Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.
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Gradient.Focus
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(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100, specifying the distance (as a percentage)
from the center where the background color is at its maximum. (For
example, if the radial gradient is used and the value is set to
0, the color will be at the center of the background; if the value
is set to 100, the color will be at the edges of the background.)
Painter: Background tab, Gradient group
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Gradient.Repetition.Mode
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(exp) Specifies
the mode for determining the number of gradient transitions for
the column’s or control’s background color and
transparency.
Permitted values and their meanings are:
Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.
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Gradient.Repetition.Count
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(exp) An integer
specifying the number of gradient transitions for background color and
transparency. A value of 0 indicates 1 transition. A value of 3
indicates 4 transitions. This property is used only when the gradient.repetition.mode
property for the column or control takes the value of 0 (by count).
Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.
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Gradient.Repetition.Length
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(exp) A long specifying
the number of gradient transitions. This property is used only when
the gradient.repetition.mode property for the column or control
takes the value of 1 (by length). The units for the length that
you assign for gradient transitions are set by the DataWindow object’s
Units property.
Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.
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Gradient.Scale
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(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100 specifying the rate of transition to the gradient color
(as a percentage).
Painter: Background tab, Gradient group
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Gradient.Spread
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(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100 indicating the contribution of the second
color to the blend (as a percentage).
Painter: Background tab, Gradient group
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Gradient.Transparency
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(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100, where 0 means that the column or control’s secondary
(gradient) background is opaque and 100 that it is completely transparent. The
gradient defines transitions between the primary and secondary transparency settings.
Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.
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Usage
In the painter
Select the control and set the value in the Properties view,
Font tab for controls that have text and in the General tab for
drawing controls (choose Transparent or a color).
When you choose a Brush Hatch fill pattern other than Solid
for an Oval, Rectangle, or RoundRectangle control, the Background
Color and the Brush Color are used for the pattern colors.
Background color of a button
The Background.Color property is not supported on Windows
XP by default because the current XP theme controls the appearance
of the button. Set the ShowBackColorOnXP property of the DataWindow object
to force the color change to take effect.
Background color of a line
The background color of a line is the color that displays
between the segments of the line when the pen style is not solid.
Transparent background
If Background.Mode is transparent (1), Background.Color is
ignored.
Background gradient properties
Background gradient and transparency properties do not apply
to DataWindow objects with the RichText, Graph, or OLE presentation
style, and do not apply to the Line control.
DropDownDataWindows and GetChild
When you set Background.Color and Background.Mode for a column
with a DropDownDataWindow, references to the DropDownDataWindow
become invalid. Call GetChild again after changing
these properties to obtain a valid reference.
Examples
Example 1
dw1.Object.oval_1.Background.Color = RGB(255, 0, 128)
ls_data = dw1.Describe("oval_1.Background.Color")
dw1.Modify("emp_name.Background.Color='11665407'")
ls_data = dw1.Describe("emp_name.Background.Mode")
dw1.Modify("emp_name.Background.Mode='1'")
dw1.Modify("rndrect_1.Background.Mode='0'")
SQLCA.SyntaxFromSQL(sql_syntax, &
"Style(...) Column(Background.Mode=1 ...) ...", &
ls_Errors)
SQLCA.SyntaxFromSQL(sql_syntax, &
"Style(...) Column(Background.Color=11665407 ...)", &
ls_Errors)
