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Property Name | Item Used For | Descriptions |
Background Color | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | The color of the item's background. Background may be considered the surface on which text resides. |
Base Table Item | C, D, I, R, L, T, V, O, U | Determines whether the item will be linked to the block's table. |
Bevel | D, I, T, V, O, U, CT | Determines whether the item border will appear lowered or raised. |
Canvas | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | The name of the canvas that displays the item. |
Case Insensitive Query | T | Determines whether the form can perform a case insensitive query by using the item.Case insensitive means that upper, lower, and mixed case values can be used alike. |
Case Restriction | T | Determines the case of the text. Valid values are mixed, upper, or lower. |
Charmode Logical | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | Specifies the name of a character mode. |
Attribute | Logical attribute defined in an Oracle Terminal resource file. | |
Check Box Other Values | C | Determines how any fetched value that does not match the "checked" or "unchecked" values should be interpreted. |
Checked Value | C | The value of the check box item when it is checked. |
Class | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | The name of the property class that supplies the values to various block properties. |
Comment | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | This property records pertinent information about the item. |
Compression | I | Determines whether an image being read into a form should be compressed when converting to the Oracle internal form. |
Copy Value From Item | C, D, R, L, T, V, O, U | Identifies an item that will supply a value to the current item. |
Curr. Record Attribute | C, D, I, L, T, V, O, U | This property contains the name of a record attribute. The normal record attributes can be superseded by the attributes in this property when a record is current. |
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Property Name | Item Used For | Descriptions |
Data Type | C, D, R, T, V, U | Identifies the type of data the item contains. Valid data types vary with the type of item. |
Default Button | B | Determines that the button should be identified as the default button. During runtime, Forms will invoke this button by pressing Select. |
Default Value | C, D, R, L, T, V, O | The value of the item when it is initially created. |
Direction | C, B, R, L | Specifies the layout direction for bidirectional objects. |
Displayed | C, D, I, B, L, T, V, O, U, CT | Determines whether the item will be displayed. Values are true or false. |
Editor | T | Contains the name of the external editor used for the item. |
Editor X Position | T | Determines the horizontal position of the upper-left corner of the item editor. |
Editor Y Position | T | Determines the vertical position of the upper-left corner of the item editor. |
Enabled | C, I, B, L, T, V, O, U | Determines whether the item can use the mouse to manipulate the item. It is usually grayed out when the value is false. |
Fill Pattern | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | Determines the type of item fill. |
Fixed Length | T | A value of true will cause forms to consider this item's value valid only when it fills the maximum number of characters allowed. |
Font Name | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | The name of the font used on the item's text. |
Font Size | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | The font size of the item's text. |
Font Style | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | The style of the item's text. |
Font Weight | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | The weight of the item's text. |
Font Width | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O,U, CT | The font width of the item's text. |
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Property Name | Item Used For | Descriptions |
Foreground Color | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | The color of the item's foreground. This usually consists of the item's text. |
Format Mask | T | Determines the item's display format and correct input type. |
Height | C, D, I, B, L, T, V, O, U, CT | The height of the item. |
Hint | C, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U | Contains the expression that forms will display as an item hint. |
Horizontal Scroll Bar | I | Specifies whether the item has a horizontal scroll bar. |
Iconic | B | Tells Forms the button is to be an iconic button. Tool bar items are iconic buttons. |
Iconic Name | B | Identifies the name of the icon resource used to represent the button, menu item, or window. |
Initial Keyboard State | D, L, T | Sets the keyboard to generate Local or Roman characters when the item receives the input focus. |
Insert Allowed | C, I, R, T, V, O, U | Determines whether the values can be entered into the item during the input mode. |
Items Displayed | C, D, I, B, R, T, V, O, U, CT | The number of items displayed. This property is used when the block displays multiple records and the developer would like to see fewer records for specific items. This property can be used to create a page break effect. |
Item Type | C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT | The type of item. Values are button, check box, display item, image, list item, OLE container, radio group, text item, user area, and VBX control. |
Keep Position | T | Causes the cursor to return to the exact position within the item as when last exited. |
Label | C, B | This property contains text or characters that appear in the item's boilerplate |
List Elements | Selecting this property will open the List Item Elements dialog box. This box is used to record items that appear on the list and their associated database value. |