<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2"/>Define the properties for the selected control or dialog. The available properties depend on the type of control selected. The following properties therefore are not available for every type of control.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the alignment option for the selected control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="77" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to enable the AutoFill function for the selected control. </help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the background color for the current control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="262" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the number of lines to scroll when a user clicks in the area between the slider and the arrows on a scroll bar.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="140" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the border type for the current control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="24" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select a button type. Button types determine what type of action is initiated.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select the font to be used for displaying the contents of the current control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="150" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter the currency symbol to be used for currency controls.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="83" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the desired format for a date control. A date control interprets the user input depending on this format setting.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="122" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the upper limit for a date control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="132" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the lower limit for a date control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="138" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the number of decimal places displayed for a numerical or currency control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="145" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to make the current button control the default selection. Pressing <span class="T1">Return</span> in the dialog activates the default button.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="20" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to enable the dropdown option for list or combo box controls. A dropdown control field has an arrow button which you can click to open a list of the existing form entries.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="14" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to enable the control. If the control is disabled, it is grayed out in the dialog.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="92" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the edit mask for a pattern control. This is a character code that defines the input format for the control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="184" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>For each input character of the edit mask you have to specify a masking character that restricts the input toi the values given in the table:</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="96" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>A text constant. This character cannot be modified by the user. </p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="98" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The characters a-z can be entered here. If a capital letter is entered, it is automatically converted to a lowercase letter.</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="100" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The characters A-Z can be entered here. If a lowercase letter is entered, it is automatically converted to a capital letter</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="102" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The characters a-z and 0-9 can be entered here. If a capital letter is entered, it is automatically converted to a lowercase letter.</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="104" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The characters a-z and 0-9 can be entered here. If a lowercase letter is entered, it is automatically converted to a capital letter</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="106" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Only the characters 0-9 can be entered.</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="108" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>All printable characters can be entered.</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="110" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>All printable characters can be entered. If a lowercase letter is used, it is automatically converted to a capital letter.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="115" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the source of the graphics for a button or an image control. Click "..." to select a file.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="257" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the height of the current control or the dialog.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="209" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter a help text that is displayed as a tip (bubble help) when the mouse rests over the control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="213" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify a help URL to be called when pressing F1 when the current control has the focus.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="41" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to display a horizontal scroll bar for the current control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="8" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specifies the label of the current control. The label is displayed along with the control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="223" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>You can create multi-line <span class="T1">labels</span> by inserting manual line breaks in the label using <span class="T1">Shift+Enter</span>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="75" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter the number of lines to be displayed for a list control. For combo boxes, this setting is only active if the dropdown option is enabled. </help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="255" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the number of lines to scroll when a user clicks an arrow on a scroll bar.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="120" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the entries for a list control. One line takes one list entry. Press <span class="T1">Shift+Enter</span> to insert a new line.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="160" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the initial values to be displayed in a pattern control. This helps the user to identify which values are allowed in a pattern control. The literal mask is restricted by the format specified by the edit mask.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="116" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-id value="HID_PROP_HARDLINEBREAKS" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Manual line break</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="117" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to allow manual line breaks inside multiline controls.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="123" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-id value="HID_PROP_MAXTEXTLEN" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Max. text length</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="124" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the maximum number of characters that the user can enter.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="22" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to allow the input of multiple lines in the control. Press Enter to insert a manual line break in the control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="130" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to allow the selection of multiple entries in list controls.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="10" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Insert a name for the current control. This name is used to identify the control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="45" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the order in which the controls receive the focus when the Tab key is pressed in the dialog.</help:help-text> On entering a dialog, the control with the lowest order (0) receives the focus. Pressing the <span class="T1">Tab</span> key the successively focusses the other controls as specified by their order number.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="46" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Initially, the controls receive numbers in the order they are added to the dialog. You can change the order numbers for controls. <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Basic updates the order numbers automatically to avoid duplicate numbers. Controls that cannot be focused are also assigned a value but these controls are skipped when using the Tab key.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="246" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the orientation for a scroll bar control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="238" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the number of the dialog page to which the current control is assigned or the page number of the dialog you want to edit.</help:help-text> If a dialog has only one page set its <span class="T1">Page (Step)</span> value to <span class="T1">0</span>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="236" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Select <span class="T1">Page (Step)</span> = 0 to make a control visible on every dialog page.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="235" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To switch between dialog pages at run time, you need to create a macro that changes the value of <span class="T1">Page (Step)</span>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="157" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter a character to be displayed instead of the characters that are typed. This can be used for entering passwords in text controls.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="244" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the distance of the current control from the left side of the dialog.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="242" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the distance of the current control from the top of the dialog.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="222" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to display the currency symbol prefix in currency controls when a number was entered.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="90" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to include the current control in a document's printout.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="260" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify a progress value for a progress bar control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="254" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-id value="HID_PROP_PROGRESSVALUE_MAX" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Progress value max.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="253" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the maximum value of a progress bar control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="249" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-id value="HID_PROP_PROGRESSVALUE_MIN" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Progress value min.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="248" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the minimum value of a progress bar control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="43" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to prevent the user from editing the value of the current control.</help:help-text> The control is enabled and can be focussed but not modified.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="265" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Scales the image to fit the control size.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="240" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the initial value of a scroll bar control. This determines the position of the scroll bar slider.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="252" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-id value="HID_PROP_SCROLLVALUE_MAX" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Scroll value max.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="251" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the maximum value of a scroll bar control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="88" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to add spin buttons to a numerical, currency, date, or time control to allow increasing and decreasing the input value using arrow buttons.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="231" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select the selection state of the current control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="113" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to only allow valid characters to be entered in a numerical, currency, date, or time control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="49" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select the focus behavior of the current control when using the <span class="T1">Tab</span> key.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="179" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Only input controls receive the focus when using the <span class="T1">Tab </span>key. Controls without input like caption controls are omitted.</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="53" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>When using the tab key focusing skips the control.</p>
<p class="TextInTable"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="51" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The control can be selected with the Tab key.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="169" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select the format to be used for time controls.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="128" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the maximum time value for a time control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="136" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the minimum time value for a time control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="267" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the title of the dialog. Click the border of the dialog to select the dialog.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="55" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><span class="T1">Titles</span> are only used for labeling a dialog and can only contain one line. Please note that if you work with macros, controls are only called through their <span class="T1">Name</span> property.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="174" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to allow a check box to have three states (checked, unchecked, and grayed out) instead of two (checked and unchecked).</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="269" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the value for the current control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="126" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the maximum value for the current control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="134" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the minimum value for the current control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="59" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select "Yes" to display a vertical scroll bar for the current control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="233" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the length of the slider of a scroll bar control.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="143" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Specify the width of the current control or dialog.</help:help-text></p>