Properties for Column controls in DataWindow objects – PB Docs 126

Properties for Column controls in DataWindow objects

An x in the M (Modify) column means you can change the property.
An x in the S column means you can use the property with the SyntaxFromSQL method.
When (exp) is included in the description,
you can specify a DataWindow expression as the value for that property.

Property
for a Column

M

S

Description

AccessibleDescription

x

A description of the control for use
by assistive technology tools.

AccessibleName

x

A descriptive label for the control.

AccessibleRole

A description of the kind of user-interface
element that the control is.

Accelerator

x

(exp) The accelerator
key for the column.

Alignment

x

(exp) The alignment
of the column’s text.

Attributes

A list of the properties of the column.

Background.property

x

x

(exp) Background
settings for the column.

Band

The band containing the column.

BitmapName

Whether the column’s content
names a picture that will be displayed instead of the text.

Border

x

x

(exp) The type of
border around the column.

CheckBox.property

x

Settings for CheckBox edit style.

Color

x

x

(exp) The text color.

ColType

The column’s datatype.

Criteria.property

x

Settings for column in Prompt for Criteria
dialog box.

dbAlias

x

An alias for the name of the database
column.

dbName

x

The name of the database column.

dddw.property

x

Settings for DropDownDataWindow edit
style.

ddlb.property

x

Settings for DropDownListBox edit style.

Edit.property

x

x

Settings for Edit edit style.

EditMask.property

x

Settings for EditMask edit style.

Font.property

x

x

(exp) Font settings
for the column text.

Format

x

(exp) The column’s
display format.

Height

x

(exp) The height
of the column.

Height.AutoSize

x

Whether column height is adjusted to
fit the data.

HideSnaked

x

Whether the control appears once per
page when printing newspaper columns.

HTML.property

x

(exp) Settings for
creating hyperlinks for column data.

Identity

x

Whether the DBMS sets the column’s
value.

ID

The number of the column.

Ink.property

x

Settings for Ink attributes of the InkEdit
edit style.

InkEdit.property

x

Settings for InkEdit edit style.

Initial

x

The initial value in the column for a
new row.

Key

x

Whether column is part of the table’s
primary key.

Moveable

x

Whether the user can move the column.

Name

The name of the column.

Pointer

x

(exp) The pointer’s
image when it is over the column.

Protect

x

(exp) Whether the
column is protected from changes.

RadioButtons.property

x

Settings for RadioButton edit style.

Resizeable

x

Whether the user can resize the column.

RichEdit.property

x

Settings for RichText edit style.

RightToLeft

x

Whether the column is set for right-to-left
reading.

SlideLeft

x

(exp) Whether the
column moves left to fill in space.

SlideUp

x

(exp) How the column
moves up to fill in space.

TabSequence

x

The position of the column in the tab
order.

Tag

x

(exp) The tag text
for the column.

Type

The control’s type, which is
Column.

Update

x

Whether the column is updatable.

Validation

x

(exp) The validation
expression for the column.

ValidationMsg

x

(exp) The message
displayed when validation fails.

Values (for columns)

x

The values in the column’s code
table.

Visible

x

(exp) Whether the
column control is visible.

Width

x

(exp) The width
of the column.

Width.Autosize

x

In Grid style DataWindows, determines
whether the column’s width adjusts according to the data
it contains.

X

x

(exp) The x coordinate
of the column.

Y

x

(exp) The y coordinate
of the column.


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