Frame

The Frame control provides a container with a beveled line surrounding the items and controls in the container. Any control you place within a Frame control inherits the visibility condition of the Group. Since the Web client does not display the line surrounding the Frame control, it almost always better to use a Group control rather than a Frame control.

Example Frame control in Windows client

Example Frame control in Web client

The benefits of a Frame control are listed below.

• The container has a border to indicate that the controls are within a container.
• The controls within the container inherit the Visible Condition property of the frame. The controls within the frame are only visible when the frame itself is visible.

The costs of a Frame control are listed below.

• The line surrounding the Frame control is not visible in the Web client
• Users cannot collapse and expand the container in the Web client

The Frame control has less functionality than the Group control. In most cases, you should use a Group control rather than a Frame control.