Frame and View Properties

Bringing up the properties dialog box with no objects selected allows the view and frame properties to be set.

Table 1. View Properties
View Properties	Description
(FormCode)	Form code. If entered, allows a form to be accessed by this handle using the FormFind() method.
Color	Background color of the view
CursorPointer	Cursor pointer displayed while mouse pointer is over object
Font	Default font for the view. If an object's font property is cleared, this font is used.
HelpContextID	Help context ID used if the frame object's WhatsThisHelp property is set to Yes
PrintScale	Default = 1.0. Changes the scaling of the view when printed.
ScrollBars	Make view scrollable.
ScrollHeight	View scroll size, bottom (scroll height).
ScrollWidth	View scroll size, right (scroll width).
Tag	(VARIANT) Stores user defined data.
ToolTipText	Tooltip text displayed while mouse pointer is over object.
ViewLayers	Definition of layers (there is one layer named Default by default).

Table 2. Frame Properties
Frame Properties	Description
BorderStyle	Frame border style: "thin" or "resizing". If this property is set to "thin" the window cannot be resized in run mode.
Height	Height of frame.
MaximizeBox	Frame style: display window Maximize button on Title bar.
MinimizeBox	Frame style: display window Minimize button on Title bar.
Title	Frame title.
WhatsThisHelp	Puts the frame into "What's This Help" context sensitive help mode. The HelpContextID's defined in the Objects are used.
Width	Width of frame.

Tip

A color of "Nil" represents the default Windows color. So, for example, setting a Button Object's BackColor to "Nil" implies COLOR_BTNFACE and setting ForeColor to "Nil" implies COLOR_BTNTEXT.

Tip

A font with height 0 (nil) implies that the font should be adopted from the view object