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7 types of elements are used to create a dialog box. All of them can be found on the toolbar.
to the selection mode (default)
"IntEdit" element
"Edit" element
"DateEdit" element
"FloatEdit" element
"List" element
"Table" element
"Check" element
The descriptions of dialog elements can be found in the following table:
Type
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Purpose
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Properties
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Field "Text"
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Field "Value"
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IntEdit
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Input an integer value
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General
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Visible integer value as a string
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Visible integer value as a string
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Edit
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Input a string
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General
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Visible text
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Visible text
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DateEdit
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Input a date value (with a built-in calendar)
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General
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Visible date value
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Date in the "YYYYMMDD" format
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FloatEdit
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Input a real value
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General
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Visible real value as a string
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Visible real value as a string
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List
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Choose an item from list
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Advanced
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Visible text
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Item number from '0'. If not selected then '–1'
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Table
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Choose a value from the database
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Advanced
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Visible text
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The appropriate value of a field, specified in the property "Value field" (as a string)
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Check
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On/off switch
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General
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String "On" or "Off"
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String "1" or "0"
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General properties of dialog elements
Name
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- the formal internal name (identifier) of a dialog element.
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Header
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- the header (or caption) of a dialog element.
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Width
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- the total width (length) of a dialog element.
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X position
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- the horizontal position of the upper-left corner of a dialog element.
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Y position
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- the vertical position of the upper-left corner of a dialog element.
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Default value
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- the value assigned to a dialog element after its creation. The format of the value must coincide with the format of the "value" field for this dialog element.
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All types of dialog elements have general properties. Only "Table" and "List" have additional properties.
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