Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
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A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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Either word in a topic |
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Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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- Forms Designer controls and tools
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Group control
Use this control to add a container that enables you to logically group associated items. In the Windows client the Group has a rectangular border with a text label at the top.
Note In the Web client, a group can be displayed as a collapsible section; see the last three properties listed in the table below.
Caution When designing forms with collapsible sections, use the following guidelines to avoid formatting problems when the form is displayed in the Web client.
- All groups on the form should be marked as Collapsible-enabled.
- All widgets must be placed in a collapsible group box; no widgets should remain floating independently on the form.
- Do not stack or mix collapsible group boxes with non-collapsible group boxes.
To place a group on a form, click Group and then click the form.
Property | Usage |
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Name | Specify a unique identifier for the object on the screen. (Optional) This name is used by external applications, such as RAD, to dynamically change the properties of the object. |
X | Specify the object’s horizontal position based on the left edge of the object. |
Y | Specify the object’s vertical position based on the top edge of the object. |
Width | Specify the width of the object in alignment grid units. |
Height | Specify the height of the object in alignment grid units. |
Visible | Select this option to make the object visible on the form. Clear the check box to hide the object from view on the form. |
Visible Condition | Specify an expression to override the Visible property when that expression evaluates to true. |
Caption | Specify a text caption for the object. |
Caption Condition | Specify an expression to override the Caption property when that expression evaluates to true. |
Foreground Color |
Select the text color from the drop-down list. Note The foreground color property for group boxes is controlled by the current Microsoft Windows theme that you have selected. For example, when you select "Windows XP" for the theme and the color scheme is set to "Default (Blue)" or "Silver," the foreground color for group box captions is set to blue. If you select "Windows Classic" for the theme, the foreground color property and DVD condition can be programmatically controlled, based on the settings in Forms Designer. This applies to both the Windows client and the Web client when run in Internet Explorer. The theme selection in Forms Designer does not affect the Web client when run from a Firefox browser. |
Foreground Color Condition | Specify a formula to evaluate the ForeColor property at run time. The result of this evaluation overrides the value assigned to the property. |
Background Color | Specify the Background Color. You must select the Opaque property check box for the Back Color to have an effect. The only Background Color available for a Windows client marquee is black. |
Background Color Condition | Specify an expression to override the BackColor property when that expression evaluates to true. |
Font | Select a font for the text of your label, table, timer, or marquee caption from the drop-down list. |
Bold | Select this option to apply bold to the label, default text, frame caption, or marquee caption. |
Bold Condition | Specify an expression to override the Bold property when that expression evaluates to true. |
Italic | Select this option to apply italics to your label, default font, or caption. |
Italic Condition | Specify an expression to override the Italic property when that expression evaluates to true. |
Heading Level |
Specify the heading level for this control so that a corresponding HTML heading tag (<h1> to <h6>) is generated. Note This function is only supported by the Web client. |
Justification | Specify the justification for the object label as Left, Right, or Center. |
Font Increase | Specify the amount, in points, to increase or decrease the standard font size. |
Font Increase Condition | Specify an expression to override the Font Increase property when that expression evaluates to true. |
Array Length |
Specify the size of the scrolling region used to view array entries. A scroll bar appears beside the fields to allow users to view the array entries.
Note: The screen object must be associated with an array data structure.
The default is 0, which means one vertical line of information appears. |
Floating group enabled |
This option enables the group to change its relative position on the form so that it is not hidden when sections above it expand downward, and does not leave a blank spot after being collapsed. Note:This option applies to the Web client only.
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Collapse enabled |
This option enables the group to be displayed as a collapsible section that can be expanded and collapsed by the user. Note:This option applies to the Web client only.
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Default to Expanded |
Displays a collapsible group as expanded, by default. The user can close it if desired. Note:This option applies to the Web client only.
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