controlname

The control whose Background properties
you want to get or set.

When generating DataWindow syntax with DataWindowSyntaxFromSql, the Background
settings apply to all columns or all text controls.

property

A property that applies to the background
of a control, as listed in the Property table below.

value

Values for the properties are shown below. Value can
be a quoted DataWindow expression.

Brushmode

(exp) An integer
indicating the type of “brush” to use for the
gradient.

Values are:

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group (not available in RichText,
Graph, or OLE DataWindow objects).

Color

(exp) A long expression
specifying the color (the red, green, and blue values) to be used
as the control’s background color.

Painter: Background tab

Mode

(exp) A number expression
specifying the mode of the background of controlname.

Values are:

• 0 – Make the
  control’s background opaque

• 1 – make the control’s background
  transparent

Transparency

(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100, where 0 means that the column or control’s primary
background is opaque and 100 that it is completely transparent.

Painter: Background tab.

Gradient.Angle

(exp) An integer
indicating the angle in degrees (values are 0 to 360) used to offset the
color and transparency gradient. This property is used only when
the column’s or control’s background.gradient.mode
takes values of 3 or 4.

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.

Gradient.Color

(exp) A long specifying
the color (the red, green, and blue values) to be used as the column
or control’s secondary background color. The gradient defines
transitions between the primary and secondary background colors.

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.

Gradient.Focus

(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100, specifying the distance (as a percentage)
from the center where the background color is at its maximum. (For
example, if the radial gradient is used and the value is set to
0, the color will be at the center of the background; if the value
is set to 100, the color will be at the edges of the background.)

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group

Gradient.Repetition.Mode

(exp) Specifies
the mode for determining the number of gradient transitions for
the column’s or control’s background color and
transparency.

Permitted values and their meanings are:

• 0

  Gradient.repetition.count determines the number of gradient
  transitions

• 1

  Gradient.repetition.length determines the number of gradient
  transitions

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.

Gradient.Repetition.Count

(exp) An integer
specifying the number of gradient transitions for background color and
transparency. A value of 0 indicates 1 transition. A value of 3
indicates 4 transitions. This property is used only when the gradient.repetition.mode
property for the column or control takes the value of 0 (by count).

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.

Gradient.Repetition.Length

(exp) A long specifying
the number of gradient transitions. This property is used only when
the gradient.repetition.mode property for the column or control
takes the value of 1 (by length). The units for the length that
you assign for gradient transitions are set by the DataWindow object’s
Units property.

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.

Gradient.Scale

(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100 specifying the rate of transition to the gradient color
(as a percentage).

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group

Gradient.Spread

(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100 indicating the contribution of the second
color to the blend (as a percentage).

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group

Gradient.Transparency

(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100, where 0 means that the column or control’s secondary
(gradient) background is opaque and 100 that it is completely transparent. The
gradient defines transitions between the primary and secondary transparency settings.

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.