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Property Name Item Used For Descriptions
List Style L Determines the display style of the item list. The values are poplist, tlist, or combo box.
Lock Record T Determines whether Forms should lock the associated database row whenever the item is updated.
LOV T Contains the name of the list-of-values to be used for the item.
LOV For Validation T Determines whether the associated LOV will be used to validate entries into the item.
LOV X Position T Determines the horizontal position of the upper-left corner of the LOV.
LOV Y Position T Determines the vertical position of the upper- left corner of the LOV.
Maximum Length C, D, R, L, T, V, O, U This property determines the maximum number of characters the item can have.
Mirror Item C, D, I, R, L, T, V, O, U Consists of the name of an item that gives the current item its value. Setting this property will ensure the two items are in sync.
Mouse Navigable C, B, R, L, V, O, U Determines whether the operator can navigate to the item by using a mouse.
Multi-Line T Determines whether the item can contain multiple lines. Setting this property to true causes the item to operate similar to a word processor.
Name C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT The name of the item.
Navigable C, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U Determines whether the input focus can be placed in the item during default navigation.
Next Navigation Item C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, O U CT Determines the item Forms will move to after pressing the tab or next-item function key.
OLE-Activation Style O Determines the event that activates the OLE containing item. The valid events are:double- clicking, focus-in, and manual.
OLE Class O Specifies the class of OLE objects that reside in an OLE container.
OLE Do In Out O Tells Forms whether the OLE server of the embedded object allows inside-out support during in-place activation.
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Property Name Item Used For Descriptions
OLE In-Place Activation O Edits embedded OLE objects. A value of true turns the function on. A value of false turns it off.
OLE Popup Menu Items O Activates the OLE menu used to select item to appear in the OLE popup menu.
OLE Resize Style O Tells Forms how to display an OLE object in an OLE container. The clip setting causes the object to be cropped to fit the container. The scale setting causes the object to be scaled to fit into an OLE container. The initial setting causes Forms to resize the OLE container to fit the OLE object at creation time. The dynamic setting causes Forms to resize the container to fit the object whenever the object size changes.
OLE Tenant Aspect O Specifies how an OLE object appears in an OLE container. The content value is the default. The content of the OLE object is displayed. The content depends upon the value of the OLE Resize Style property. The icon value cause an icon of the object to be displayed. The thumbnail values displays a smaller view of the object.
OLE Tenant Types O Determines the type of OLE objects that can be tenants of the OLE container. The valid values are: Any, Embedded, Linked,None, and Static.
Other Values R, L Determines how any fetched values that are not pre-defined values associated with the radio button or list element will be inter- preted.
Previous Navigation Item C, D, I, B, R, L, T, V, O, U, CT Determines the item Forms will move to after pressing the previous-item function key.
Primary Key C, D, R, T, V, U Informs the application that the item is a primary key column.
Quality I Specifies the level of image quality used to display the image. The higher the quality the slower the response time.
Query Allowed C, R, T, V, O, U Determines whether the item may be entered and used during the query mode.

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Property Name Item Used For Descriptions
Query Length T Determines the number of characters that can be entered into the item during the query mode.
Query Only C, D, I, R, L, T, V, O, U A value of true will cause the item to be usable only during the query mode.
Range Low Value T Determines the lowest value that can be entered into the item.
Range High Value T Determines the highest value that can be entered into the item.
Reading Order D, T Determines the reading order for groups of words in the same language within a single text item.
Rendered D, T Tells Forms to display the item as a rendered item when it does not have the focus.
Required I, L, T, V, O, U Tells Forms that the item must be populated before the cursor can leave the item and before it can be committed to the database.
Secure T This property causes the entered characters to be hidden. This property is useful for items that contain passwords.
Show OLE Popup Menu O Causes the right mouse button to display a popup menu of commands for interacting with the OLE object when set to true.
Show OLE Tenant O Tells forms to display a border defining the Type OLE object around the OLE container.
Sizing Style I Tells Forms the display style of the image when the image size does not match the size of the image item.
Space Between Records C, D, I, B, L, T, V, O, U, CT Determines the amount of space between records in a multi-record block.
Unchecked Value C The value of the check box item when it is unchecked.
Update Allowed C, I, R, L, T, V, O, U Determines whether the item may be entered during the update mode.
Update Only If Null I, T Tells Oracle that the item may only be updated if it contains a null value.
VBX Control File V Contains the name of the file for the VBX control.
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