Graphical Panel Controls: Common Control Properties

Table 1 contains descriptions of the common properties found in most Graphical Panel controls.

Table 1: Common Control Properties

PropertyFunction and Options

Width

Sets the width of the control in pixels.

Top

Sets the distance of the control, in pixels, from the top edge of the panel.

Left

Sets the distance of the control, in pixels, from the left edge of the panel.

Height

Sets the height of the control, in pixels.

ForeColor

Sets the foreground color of the control. For most controls, this is equal to the text color.

BackColor

Specifies the background color of the control. To change this color, make sure the Transparent property is set to "Opaque".

Transparent

Specifies whether the control should use the BackColor property or the form's background color:

  • 0-Opaque: Use BackColor property.

  • 1-Transparent: Show the panel's background color.

BorderStyle

Sets the type of border around the control:

  • 0-None

  • 1-Sunken

  • 2-Raised

  • 3-Rimmed

  • 4-Embossed

  • 6-Simple

(An additional value, 5-GroupBox, is defined for the Text Display control.)

Font

Sets the font family, style and size for the control.

Tag

Sets an identifier for advanced scripts. In most cases this can be left blank.

Enabled

Specifies whether or not the control can be interacted with on the panel:

  • 0-No

  • 1-Yes

Caption

Text to display for the control.

ShowCaption

Specifies whether or not the caption is visible.

  • 0-No

  • 1-Yes

Alignment

Sets the horizontal alignment of text or caption in a control:

  • 0-Left

  • 1-Right

  • 2-Center

Signal

When double-clicked, the Expression Builder is displayed so a signal can be associated with the control. (This property is present for most controls, though not all.)

Minimum

Sets the smallest value the control will accept as input or display as output.

Maximum

Sets the largest value the control will accept as input or display as output.