Specifying
property values in the DataWindow painter
When you specify values in the Properties view of the DataWindow
painter, you are setting properties of the DataWindow object and its
controls.
Properties for each
control
Each control in the DataWindow (columns, text, drawing controls)
has its own property sheets, because there are different sets of
properties for each object. To access individual property sheets,
display the Properties view and then select a control.
If several controls have the same property and you want them all
to have the same value, you can select all the controls so that the
property sheet shows the properties they have in common. When you change
the property value, it is applied to all selected controls.
DataWindow expressions for
properties
For many properties, you can specify a DataWindow expression in
the Properties view by clicking the Expression button beside the
property. At runtime, the expression is evaluated for each row. When the
expression includes row-dependent information in the calculation (such
as data), each row can have a different value for the property. In the
painter, you can see the results in the Preview view. (You might need to
close Preview and reopen it if you are not seeing the settings you have
made.)
For information about the components of expressions, see Using DataWindow expression
functions and the Users Guide. For examples of
expressions, see Using
DataWindow expressions as property values.