This control contains items that appear checked when selected. Check boxes commonly are used to present a yes or no choice or a TRUE or FALSE choice to the user.
NOTE: The current version of abcDB has a maximum of 40 labels, 40 textboxes, 7 dropdowns, 6 buttons, 14 checkboxes, 1 grid, 4 datepickers, 1 image, 1 scribble and 1 tab per form.
The CHECKBOX control supports the following properties.
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Property Name |
Description |
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Back Color |
Background Color |
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Bound Field |
The Field from which this CHECKBOX will
receive it’s data, or in other words, the field that this CHECKBOX will be
‘bound’ to. |
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Caption |
The descriptive text that this checkbox will contain. |
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Default |
This property determines the default value that will be used to populate this CHECKBOX whenever a new record is added. |
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Enabled |
Specifies if this CHECKBOX will be enabled or disabled |
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Font |
The FONT this CHECKBOX will use. |
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Font Size |
The SIZE of the font this CHECKBOX will use. |
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Font Bold |
Specifies if the font will be displayed in BOLD. |
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Font Italic |
Specifies if the font will be displayed in ITALIC. |
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Font Underline |
Specifies if the font will be displayed in UNDERLINE. |
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Fore Color |
The foreground color of this CHECKBOX. |
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Tag |
You can use the Tag property to specify or determine the string that identifies the name of a CHECKBOX. Thereafter, the contents of that CHECKBOX can be referred to elsewhere in the application using the syntax ~TAGNAME~. ie. If a CHECKBOX is bound to the TAXABLE field of a customers table, you could give this CHECKBOX a TAG name of TAXABLE, which can then be used elsewhere by using the syntax ~TAXABLE~. |
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Visible |
Specifies whether this CHECKBOX will be visible or invisible |
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Height |
The height of this CHECKBOX in Twips* |
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Width |
The width of this CHECKBOX in Twips* |
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Left |
The horizontal location of the top-left corner of this CHECKBOX in Twips* |
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Top |
The vertical location of the top-left corner of this CHECKBOX in Twips* |
TabPage
If a tab-control is present on the form, this
property determines which 'page' of the tab this control will be located
on. 0-Not on tab.
The CHECKBOX control supports the following EVENTS.
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Event Name |
Description |
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Lost Focus |
The lost-focus event fires whenever this CHECKBOX loses the focus. |