4.4.7 Static Properties (Common Items) dialog box
The Static Properties dialog box appears when you select and double-click a static control in the menu form view of the Script Menu Editor window.
The Static Properties dialog box has four tabs: General Items, Common Items, Background, and Style. Click the Common Items tab to display the Static Properties (Common Items) page.
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- Organization of this subsection
(1) Components
In the Static Properties (Common Items) dialog box, you can set the following properties for the text displayed on a static control.
- Field name
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Type the name of the field, complying with the variable naming conventions.
- Text position
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- Vertical and Horizontal
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From the drop-down lists, select the text position in the vertical and horizontal directions.
By default, Top is set for Vertical, and Left is set for Horizontal.
- Text color
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Set the text color. Black is set by default.
- Background color
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Set the background color of the static control. Gray is set by default.
- Font name
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Shows the font currently selected. To change the font, click the Font button.
MS Sans Serif is set by default.
- Style
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Shows the style of the selected font. To change the style, click the Font button.
Normal is set by default.
- Size
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Shows the size of the selected font. To change the size, click the Font button.
10 is set by default.
- Strikethrough
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Shows whether to use strikethrough characters. To change the strikethrough setting, click the Font button.
Absent is set by default.
- Underline
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Shows whether to underline the text. To change the underline setting, click the Font button.
Absent is set by default.
- Control display status
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Choose whether to control the display status of the control.
- Variable name
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Specify a variable name for storing the values that indicate the control's display status.
You can set this field only if you select the Control display status check box. If you specify an array variable, an error occurs when the menu form is activated.
The following values indicate the display status:
- DISABLE
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Disable the control on the menu form.
- HIDE
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Do not show the control on the menu form.
- Other value
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Enable the control on the menu form.
- Important note
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In JP1/Script 06-71 and later versions, Has the focus when the menu form starts and Has the focus when the menu form is redisplayed are shown in disabled state.
(2) Operations
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Click OK to apply the settings and close the Static Properties dialog box.
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Click Cancel to close the dialog box without applying the settings.
(3) Processing
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When the Control display status check box is unselected, the control is shown as enabled on the menu form.
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The Control display status setting is invalid for text display.