Category: User Interface

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Field WdgFont

Specifies the name of the font to be used to display text in the object. Valid Values A character string, up to 64 characters in length Remarks A default value can be specified in the initialization file or environment variable. Consult your Getting Started and Guide to Operations (Windows Version). If the named font is…
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Field WdgTabStop

Indicates whether Tab navigation stops at this form field. Valid Values An integer code, as shown in the table below: Code Meaning 0 (DEFAULT) No 1 Yes   Remarks A form field must be both available (or guarded) and a tab stop to acquire focus by Tab/BackTab navigation. If a frame or option button box…
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Field WdgBCBlue, WdgBCGreen and WdgBCRed

Background color (custom). “Blends” a custom background color for the object, indicating the quantity of blue, green, and red to be used in the custom color. Required: When BC is set to $Null. Valid Values An integer (0 to 255) Remarks In most windowing environments, a “palette” is typically available from which a color choice…
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Field WdgAutoDrop

“Autodrop” status of a drop-down list or combo box. Indicates whether the list portion of a drop-down list or combo box is to drop automatically when the form field acquires focus. Valid Values An integer code, as shown in the table below: Code Meaning 0 No (the end-user must trigger the drop) 1 Yes (the…
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Field FC

Indicates the foreground color to be used for the object. Valid Values A non-negative integer from the color table Remarks If the attributes WdgFCBlue, WdgFCGreen, and WdgFCRed are all non-null, they, not FC, will determine the foreground color. The special color code 0 indicates that the object is to take its foreground color from its…
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Field SK

“Autoskip” status of a form field. Indicates whether activating or filling the form field triggers a focus shift. Valid Values A 1-character code, as shown in the table below: Code Meaning N No. The user must explicitly move focus away from this form field Y Yes. The focus automatically skips to “next” form field when…
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Field WdgEditOptions

Indicates the special editing options applicable to this combo box. Valid Values An integer code, as shown in the table below: Code Meaning 0 Default (normal operation) 1 Track prefix (in Combo-box form fields, automatically select the list item that matches the value entered) 2 Mandatory match (in Combo-box form fields, the value in the…
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Field WdgAvailable

“Availability” of a non-current window. Indicates whether and how an end-user can interact with a window when it is not the current window. Valid Values An integer code, as shown in the table below: Code Meaning 1 Protected (no interaction permitted; window cannot acquire focus) 2 Unprotected (unlimited interaction; window can acquire focus) 3 Guarded…
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Field LoadOrder

Order in which to load data into form instances in a display. Indicates how data is to be loaded into forms that are repeated in a display. Valid Values A 1-character code, as shown in the table below: Code Meaning R “Row major” order (left-to-right, top-to-bottom–default) C “Column-major” order (top-to-bottom, left-to-right)  

Field RA (RD)

Number and direction of the instances of a form in a display. RA is the number of repeats left-to-right across the display; RD is the number of repeats top-to-bottom down the display. The total number of instances of a particular form is the product of RA and RD (RA*RD). For example: Figure Valid Values An…
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