Allowed Property Values vs Internal Resource Values

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In some cases you need to know the internal representation of the allowed values that certain properties have (e.g. when using the set-values() method, or when using the ESI action interface). The prompt displayed in the Property Inspector may not be the value that is actually stored.

Allowed Property Values vs Internal Resource Values

Property Name

Prompt

Internal Value

All Yes/No properties

Yes

Y

 

No

N

Alignment

Left or Top

B

 

Centered

C

 

Right or Bottom

E

 

Justified

J

 

Workarea

W

Border Type

None

0

 

Normal

1

 

Group

2

 

Raised

3

 

Shadow

4

 

Sunken

5

 

Single Raised

6

 

Double Raised

7

 

Single Sunken

8

 

Double Sunken

9

Button Type

Apply

ButtonApply

 

Cancel

ButtonCancel

 

Default

ButtonDefault

 

No Check

ButtonNoCheck

 

Sensitive

ButtonSensitive

 

Standard

ButtonStandard

Data Alignment

Left

L

 

Center

C

 

Right

R

Display Type

Bitmap Image

EXT_PIXMAP

 

Check Box

CHECK

 

Dropdown List Box

OPTION

 

Multi-line Text Box

LONG

 

Multi-line Text Box (CLOB)

CLOB

 

OLE Container

EXT_OLE

 

Option Buttons

RADIO

 

Slider

SCALE

 

Text Box (Alpha)

ALPHA

 

Text Box (Char)

CHAR

 

Text Box (Date and Time)

DATETIME

 

Text Box (Date)

DATE

 

Text Box (European Date)

EDATE

 

Text Box (Integer)

INT

 

Text Box (Julian Date)

JDATE

 

Text Box (Money)

MONEY

 

Text Box (Number)

NUMBER

 

Text Box (R Integer)

RINT

 

Text Box (R Money)

RMONEY

 

Text Box (R Number)

RNUMBER

 

Text Box (Time)

TIME

 

Text Document

EXT_TEXT

 

Text Editor

DB_TEXT

Label Type

None

None

 

Value

Value

 

Percent

Percent

 

Label

Label

 

LabelPercent

LabelPercent

 

 

 

Label Position

Left

L

 

Center

C

 

Right

R

Line Style

Lines

Lines

 

Dots

Dots

 

Both

LinesDots

On Empty Window

Close Window

CloseWindow

 

Show Message

ShowMessage

 

Show Window

ShowWindow

Orientation

Horizontal

Horizontal

 

Vertical

Vertical

 

Xy

Xy

Synchronize Lookup

None

None

 

Non-editable Fields

NoneEditableFields

 

All Edited Fields

AllEditedFields

Tick Mark Position

None

None

 

Both

Both

 

Top

LeftTop

 

Bottom

RightBottom

Transaction Mode

Batch Manipulation

BatchManipulation

 

Immediate Manipulation

ImmediateManipulation