- Action Button Properties

Properties

Visual Properties

Option

Description

 

(FieldCode)

 

Button1

The field name of the button. This can be different than the label on the button.

Alignment

0 - Left

Justify text on the button bar either left, center or right.  Button bar text is always vertically centered.

1 - Center

2 - Right

BackColor

 

Automatic

Use the default or select a color using the drop down list.

Bitmap

(None)

Default is "(none)"; however, you can add bitmaps and icons to your buttons.

BorderWidth

5

Default is 5.  Changes the margins from the edge.

Bottom

70

The pixel location from the top of the form to the bottom edge of the form object.

BubbleTip

 

Allows you to add a help comment which displays to the end-user.

ButtonShape

0 - Normal

The Inactive and Active selections can be used to simulate a tabbed sheet or file folder.

1 - Property Tab (Inactive)

2 - Property Tab (Active)

CursorPointer

0 - Default

Select different cursors to display when an end-user mouseovers a form object.

1 - Arrow

2 - IBeam

3 - Cross

4 - UpArrow

5 - NoDrop

6 - Help

7 - Hand

99 - Hotspot

Default

0 - No

 

1 - Yes

Font

Arial

Choose from fonts installed on your system.

ForeColor

Automatic

The font color of the object.  Default is "Automatic"; however, you can select a color using the drop down list.

Layout

0 - Center

Change the location of a bitmap displayed on the button.

1 - Left

2 - Right

3 - Top

4 - bottom

Left

430

The pixel location from the left of the form to the left edge of the form object.

NoPrint

0 - No

Select "No" to allow end-users to print the form object, or "Yes" to disallow printing of the form object.

1 - Yes

Right

500

The pixel location from the left of the form to the right edge of the form object.  Subtracting Left from Right tells you how many pixels wide the object is.

Tabstop

0 - No

Determines whether or not an end-user's cursor will stop at the form object.

1 - Yes

Text

Action

The name displayed on the button.

Top

220

The pixel location from the top of the form to the top edge of the form object.  Subtracting Top from Bottom tells you how many pixels tall the object is.

Field Properties

Option

Description

 

Commands...

 

Select from a list of pre-defined Action button commands.