Date Property

Specifies whether a TextBox will be used for entering date data

Syntax:

Date <lValue>

DisabledBackColor Property

Specifies the background color for a disabled\/read-only GUI object

Syntax:

DisabledBackColor <anColor>

Must be specified as a three elements numeric array containing red, green and blue components

DisabledFontColor Property

Specifies the text color for a disabled\/read-only GUI object

Syntax:

DisabledFontColor <anColor> (Control Definition)
<WindowName>.<ControlName>.DisabledFontColor := anColor
<WindowName>.<ControlName>.DisabledFontColor --> anColor

This should be specified as a three element numeric array containing red, green and blue components.

DisplayEdit Property

Specified whether a ComboBox control can be edited

Syntax:

DisplayEdit <lValue>

Sample:

#include "hmg.ch"
Function Main
      DEFINE WINDOW Form_1 ;
            AT 0,0 ;
            WIDTH 400 ;
            HEIGHT 200 ;
            TITLE 'ComboBox Demo' ;
            MAIN
            DEFINE MAIN MENU
                  DEFINE POPUP 'Test'
                        MENUITEM 'Get Value' ACTION MsgInfo(Str(Form_1.Combo_1.Value))
                        MENUITEM 'Set Value' ACTION Form_1.Combo_1.Value := 1
                        MENUITEM 'Get DisplayValue' ACTION MsgInfo( Form_1.Combo_1.DisplayValue )
                        MENUITEM 'Set DisplayValue' ACTION Form_1.Combo_1.DisplayValue := 'New Text'
                        MENUITEM 'Set Item' ACTION Form_1.Combo_1.Item (3) := 'New Text'
                        MENUITEM 'Get Item' ACTION MsgInfo ( Form_1.Combo_1.Item (3) )
                  END POPUP
            END MENU
            @ 10,10 COMBOBOX Combo_1 ;
                  ITEMS { 'A' , 'B' , 'C' } ;
                  VALUE 1 ;
                  DISPLAYEDIT ;
                  ON DISPLAYCHANGE PlayBeep()
      END WINDOW
      CENTER WINDOW Form_1
      ACTIVATE WINDOW Form_1
Return

DisplayItems Property

Set data display in Browse Control

Syntax:

DisplayItems <aaValues>

This property allows to control data display in the control. It must be specified as an array \(one element for each browse column\). Each element \(if specified\) must be a two dimensional array. The first column in the array must contain the text to be shown to the user. The second column must contain the ID for each array row. The array will be searched for a corresponding ID in the table to show the right text in each cell. If no correspondence is found, the cell will be blank.

DisplayValue Property Specifies or retrieves the value for the editable part of a ComboBox control

Syntax:

DisplayValue <lValue> (Control Definition)
<ParentWindowName>.<ControlName>.DisplayValue := nCol
<ParentWindowName>.<ControlName>.DisplayValue --> nCol

DragItems Property

Specifies whether the items in a ListBox can be arranged by the user

Syntax:

DragItems <lValue>

DropDown Property

Specifies whether a Toolbar button will be used to open a dropdown menu

Syntax:

DropDown <lValue>

The button will show separate section containing a down arrow to open the menu.

      DEFINE TOOLBAR ToolBar_a BUTTONSIZE 30,30 FONT 'Arial' SIZE 8  FLAT
            BUTTON Button_1a ;
                  CAPTION '&Undo' ;
                  PICTURE 'button4.bmp' ;
                  ACTION MsgInfo('Undo')
            BUTTON Button_3a ;
                  CAPTION '&Close' ;
                  PICTURE 'button6.bmp' ;
                  ACTION MsgInfo('Close') ;
                  DROPDOWN
            DEFINE DROPDOWN MENU BUTTON Button_3a
                  ITEM 'Menu 1'     ACTION MsgInfo('Menu 1')
                  ITEM 'Menu 2'     ACTION MsgInfo('Menu 2')
            END MENU
      END TOOLBAR

DroppedWidth

Specifies the width of the list dropped when a ComboBox control arrow is clicked

Syntax:

DroppedWidth <lValue>

DynamicBackColor Property

Dynamically Set The Background Color For a Grid Or Browse Cell

Syntax:

DynamicBackColor <abValues>

Specifies a codeblock array (one element per column) evaluated for each cell at any Grid or Browse change to determine the background color.

This.CellRowIndex, This.CellColIndex and This.CellValue variables are available at codeblock evaluation.

Sample:

bColor := { || if ( This.CellRowIndex/2 == int(This.CellRowIndex/2) , ;
                   {128,128,128} , {192,192,192} ) }
DYNAMICBACKCOLOR { bColor , bColor, bColor, bColor, bColor, bColor }

DynamicDisplay Property

Specifies a code block array containing field dysplay-processing data for a data-bound Grid control.

Syntax:

DynamicDisplay <abValues>

DynamicForeColor Property

Dynamically Set The Foreground Color For a Grid Or Browse Cell

Syntax:

DynamicForeColor <abValues>

Specifies a codeblock array (one element per column) evaluated for each cell at any Grid or Browse change to determine the foreground color.

This.CellRowIndex, This.CellColIndex and This.CellValue variables are available at codeblock evaluation.

Sample:

bColor := { || if ( This.CellRowIndex/2 == int(This.CellRowIndex/2) , ;
                        {128,128,128} , {192,192,192} ) }
DYNAMICBACKCOLOR { bColor , bColor, bColor, bColor, bColor, bColor