Property Pages: The Global Tab

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Launch the Property Pages

To launch the Property Pages, you first need to select the SmartUI, to right-click on the mouse, and select Properties in the Popup Menu. The Global Tab is automatically displayed.

Load or Save a Template

You can select any .stp file as Template for your current SmartUI object. You can also save your current SmartUI, or current project as a Template for future applications or objects.

Set SmartUI's Border properties

You first can set the Border Style: None (BorderStyle=bsNone), SingleLine (BorderStyle=bsSingleLine), DoubleLine (BorderStyle=bsDoubleLine), Sunken (BorderStyle=bsSunken), Raised (BorderStyle=bsRaised), Etched (BorderStyle=bsEtched), Bump (BorderStyle=bsBump).

You also can set the Edge Style, which will be drawn: any combination of Left, Right, Top, and Bottom Border (EdgeStyle=[= EdgeConstants]).

Edit and Set the SmartUI's Caption

The editable Caption can be justified on the left (CaptionAlignment=alLeftJustify), on the right, or on the center of the SmartUI.
You can set the CaptionStyle: None, Above, Frame, Flat, Header.

Set SmartUI's Behavior

The Orientation can be Horizontal or Vertical. You can decide to generate a Error event within the SmartUI. And you can decide to enable the SmartUI or not (through the Enabled Property).

Set some Misc. Properties

The BackStyle can be set to transparent, opaque, or semi-transparent. You can decide to sort the SmartItems alphabetically or not (through the Sorted Property).

You can define the position of the Tabulation (through the TabPos Property). The Tabulation is the separation of Caption and Value. In PropertyLists, this separation is the vertical line which is visible. In ListItems or PropertyToolBoxes, this separation is invisible. There are 2 ways of defining TabPos: specify a percentage, for example 30%, (the position will automatically be changed by the resize of the object); Or specify a fixed value in same unit than the parent. By default, TabPos is set to 50%.
To implement it, you will have to insert a VB Tab in the code, or to use the button add a tabulation, in the SmartItems Property Pages.

You can also decide to show a focus rect on each item having the focus. If you set the ShowFocusRect property to true, a dotted line will be displayed around the selected item.

Set the ScrollBar Style

You can choose to implement the following ScrollBarStyle: None, Normal, FlatTrack3D (the buttons are flat and get displayed in 3D style when the mouse goes hover them), FlatInvert (idem, but gets inverted), ButtonOnly (no Bar between the two buttons), Button3DOnly, Pager3D (whole width on vertical SmartUIs and whole height on horizontal SmartUIs), PagerFlat, PagerAuto (when the mouse goes hover one on the buttons, the SmartUI automatically scrolls).