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General Page
In the properties for a control, the General page specifies its basic properties. The following table describes all of the properties that can appear on this page.
Property
Description
Visible
Indicates whether the control is shown on the form. When this checkbox is selected (default), the control is shown.
Tab stop
Indicates whether pressing Tab moves you from the current control to the next control. This checkbox is selected by default for the following controls: edit box, checkbox, combo box, and date/time picker.
Disabled
Indicates whether the control is display-only. When this checkbox is selected, the value shown is for informational purposes only and cannot be modified.
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The next two properties appear only for a table control, which is used to insert or embed a child table or subtable on the form.
Table type
The child table or subtable to embed on the form. Only the child tables and subtables that have been turned on for this form’s table type are available for selection. You turn tables and subtables on and off in the Table Settings pane in the Project Properties window. For more information, see Table Settings (Project).
Table format
The Table Format file to use for the subtable. This property is available only if Simplify file inputs is cleared under General in the Project properties. When this checkbox is selected (default), the Table Format file for the form’s table type is used for all of its subtables. However, when this checkbox is cleared, this property becomes available so that you can select a different Table Format file for this subtable. If you leave this property blank, the Table Format file for the form’s table type continues to be used. If you click its drop-down control, you can select the Table Format file to use in the selection window that opens.
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The next several properties are for the label to assign to the control. Because a table control has no label, these properties are not shown for it. The properties shown for other controls depend on its type. If more than one property is available, you select which to use. For a button control, only Label is shown. The text that you enter for it is shown on the button. You may need to resize the button control to display the label. For more information, see Sizing a Report Object.
Specify field label
This checkbox appears only for a text control. When it is selected, Label becomes available so that you can enter the text to show as the label. If the control is tied to a data field, the default label is the prompt for this field. If the control is for static text, you can change the default label from Static to whatever you want.
Use label from data field
This checkbox appears only for a text control. When it is selected, both Table type and Data field are available. These properties specify the table and data field with which the label is associated. If fields from foreign tables can be inserted on the form, Table type lists the related tables. Data field lists all data fields in this table, using the custom prompts specified in the Project’s Data Definition file. For more information, see Data Definition Files.
Use label of selected data field
This checkbox appears only for a checkbox control. When it is selected, Label is unavailable. When the control is tied to a data field on the Data Exchange page, which is described in Data Exchange Page, the default label is the label (prompt) for the field. If the control is not yet tied to a data field, the default label is CheckBox.
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For Specify field label and Use label of selected data field, an ampersand (&) precedes the letter assigned as the shortcut key. You can check for duplicate shortcut keys and assign new shortcut keys. For more information, see Checking for Duplicate Shortcut Keys.
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