4.4.28 List Control Properties (General Items) dialog box

The List Control Properties dialog box appears when you select and double-click a list control in the menu form view of the Script Menu Editor window.

The List Control Properties dialog box has four tabs: General Items, Common Items, Key, and Style. Click the General Items tab to display the List Control Properties (General Items) page.

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Organization of this subsection

(1) Components
(2) Operations
(3) Processing

(1) Components

In the List Control Properties (General Items) dialog box, you can set the following items for a list control.

Acquire text from a variable

Select this check box to acquire the text that is to appear in the list from a variable.

Variable name for text display

Specify a variable name for setting the text in the list.

You can enter a variable only if you select Acquire text from a variable. If you specify a two-dimensional array variable, an error occurs when the menu form is activated.

Text

Type the text that is to appear in the list. You cannot set Text if you select Acquire text from a variable.

Clear

Deletes the data from the list. You cannot choose Clear if you select Acquire text from a variable.

Variable name for selected data

Specify a variable name for setting the list status.

In the following cases, an error occurs when the menu form is activated:

Acquire text from a variable is unselected and the variable name is an array variable.
Acquire text from a variable is selected, the user can select only one item in the list, and the variable name is an array variable.
Acquire text from a variable is selected, the user can select multiple items in the list, and the variable name is a two-dimensional array variable.

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(2) Operations

Click OK to apply the settings and close the List Control Properties dialog box.
Click Cancel to close the dialog box without applying the settings.

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(3) Processing

When Acquire text from a variable is selected, any elements without a value in the variable specified in Variable name for text display do not appear in the list.
The following values are set in the variable specified in Variable name for selected data:

When Acquire text from a variable is selected:

Index numbers of the selected data in the variable specified in Variable name for text display.

When Acquire text from a variable is unselected:

Item numbers if only a single item can be selected in the list.

A numeric string in the form 001002003 ... 100 if the list allows multiple items to be selected.

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