<p class="Paragraph">This tab enables you to define the general control field properties in a form. These properties are different depending on the control field. You will notice that the listed properties are not the same for each control field.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">In the case of an HTML export, it is always the relevant default values that are exported, not the actual current values. Default values are determined - depending on the type of control - by the properties <help:link Id="65921" Eid="defaultwert" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">default value</help:link> (e.g. for text fields), <help:link Id="65921" Eid="defaultan" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">default status</help:link> (for check boxes and option fields) and <help:link Id="65921" Eid="defaultselektion" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">default selection</help:link> (for list boxes).</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If a control field has the property "Active" (Yes), the form user will be able to use the control field.</help:help-text> If it should not be available for the user, this property will not be activated (No) and will be displayed in a gray color.</p>
<p class="Head2"><help:help-id value="HID_PROP_LINECOUNT" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><a name="anzahlderzeilen"/>Number of lines</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> Here you can enter how many lines should be displayed in the dropdown list . This setting is only active if you chose Yes in the the dropdown option. </help:help-text> For lists or combo boxes with the <help:link Id="65921" Eid="aufklappbar" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Dropdown</help:link> property, you can enter how many lines should be displayed in the dropdown list. With control fields which do not have the dropdown option, the line's <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>display <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>will be specified by the size of the control field and the lines presentation.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> By selecting a certain button type, you determine which action should be initiated.</help:help-text> By selecting the button type you determine which type of action should be initiated. In this way, a button can, for example, send files or reset to the custom control fields (the default values are determined depending on the special properties of the respective buttons).</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Choose from the following types and actions:</p>
<p class="TextInTable">Activating the button resets the settings in other control fields to the predefined default values (<help:link Id="65921" Eid="defaultan" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Default Status</help:link>, <help:link Id="65921" Eid="defaultselektion" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Default Selection</help:link>, <help:link Id="65921" Eid="defaultwert" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Default Value</help:link>). The user can therefore cancel changes made within a form that do not correspond to the default setting.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">Activating this button sends the data that is entered in other control fields of the current form. The recipient's address is specified in <help:link Id="65960" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Form Properties</help:link> under <help:link Id="65948" Eid="url" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">URL</span></help:link>.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">Activating this button activates a defined URL. The link address is specified under <help:link Id="65921" Eid="url" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">URL</span></help:link>; under <help:link Id="65921" Eid="frame" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Frame</span></help:link>, you can define the target frame.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Certain types of buttons are used exclusively for HTML documents when designing a Web page. For database forms, this property is not relevant.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter, if the lists or the combo boxe should dropdown (Yes) or not (No).</help:help-text>Lists or combination fields can have the dropdown property . A control field with the dropdown property has an additional arrow button which opens the list of the existing form entries per mouse click. Under <help:link Id="65921" Eid="anzahlderzeilen" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Line count</span></help:link>, you can determine how many lines (or rows) should be displayed in the dropdown state.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Combo boxes that were inserted as columns in a table control are always dropdown as the default.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can specify the alignment option.</help:help-text> Many controls have an <span class="T1">Alignment</span> property. Select one of the options to specify whether text should be left-aligned, right-aligned or centered. In the case of label fields, the alignment option refers to the title of the field, in the case of text fields to their content, and in the case of columns of a table control to the content of the table fields (data). In the case of buttons, the alignment refers to the alignment of a graphic which you insert in addition to the text or instead of a text.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> Determine here, if the combo box should have the AutoComplete function.</help:help-text> You can determine if a combo box should have the AutoComplete function. If you select the Yes option, when you type an entry, you will be able to choose among the existing entries from the entries list. That is, as long as the entry does not differ from the existing entries.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This is where you select the source for the label of the control.</help:help-text> The text of the label field is inserted everywhere, where the name of a source database field should be, that is, for example, in the Filter Navigator, Search dialog and as a column name in the table view.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Only the text of a group frame can be used as the label field when using radio buttons. This text applies to all of the radio buttons of the same group.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you click on the <span class="T1">...</span> button next to the text field, you will see the <span class="T1">Label Field Selection</span> dialog. Select a control from the list of available controls here.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-id value="SVX_CHECKBOX_RID_SVX_DLG_LABELCONTROL_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-id value="PCR_CHECKBOX_RID_DLG_SELECTLABELCONTROL_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Remove the marking from the field <span class="T1">no assignment</span>, as otherwise controls cannot be assigned as label fields.</help:help-text> You can remove the link to a label field with this field.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> Sets the column width in the table control field in inches.</help:help-text> With this property, you can determine the column width of the control fields in inches.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select here if the first column should be displayed with row labels in which, for example, the current record is displayed through a small arrow.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> Determine here the desired format for the date readout.</help:help-text> With date fields you can determine the format for the date readout.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="hinweis" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">All format fields (date, time, currency, numeric) are formatted automatically in the selected format as soon as you leave them regardless of how you entered the input.</help:to-be-embedded></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The Yes option transforms the control field into a spin button, where corresponding arrow buttons are added.</help:help-text> Numerical fields, currency fields, date and time fields can be introduced as a spin buttons in the form. That means that a control field will have arrow buttons which the user can use to vary the values.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This property specifies if a check box can also represent ZERO values of a linked database apart from the TRUE and FALSE values. </help:help-text> This function is only available if the database accepts ZERO values. That is, if the database contains data fields that accepts three states TRUE, FALSE and ZERO.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Set this property, if you want the control field to appear in a document's printout.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Defines the edit mask. By specifying a character code you can determine what the user can enter in the control field.</help:help-text> In masked fields, by specifying the character code, you can determine what the user can enter in the control field.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The length of the edit mask determines the number of the possible input positions. If the user enters characters that do not correspond to the edit mask, the input is rejected when you leave the field. You can enter the following characters to define the edit mask:</p>
<p class="TextInTable">A text constant. This passage cannot be edited. The character is displayed at the corresponding position of the <help:link Id="65921" Eid="zeichenmaske" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Literal Mask</help:link>.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">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">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">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">All printable characters can be entered. If a lowercase letter is used, it is automatically converted to a capital letter.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">For the character mask "__.__.2000", for example, define the "NNLNNLLLLL" edit mask so that the user can only enter four digits when entering a date.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can have a format check with control fields that accept formatted contents (date, time, etc.). <help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If the strict format function is activated (Yes) only the allowed characters will be accepted.</help:help-text> For example, in a data field, only numbers, periods or colons will be accepted; all alphabet entries typed with your keyboard will be ignored.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">For the "URL" button type, enter here the target frame where the downloaded frame should be displayed.</help:help-text> In buttons that load a defined URL if pressed by the user (<help:link Id="65921" Eid="artderschaltflaeche" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Type URL</help:link>), enter the target frame where you want the downloaded URL to be displayed. Enter the URL address under <help:link Id="65921" Eid="url" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> <span class="T1">URL</span></help:link>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you click the field, you can select an option from the opened list that specifies into which frame the next document should be loaded. There are the following possibilities.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">The next document is created in a parent, i.e., a frame of the level above; if no parent exists, the document is created in the same frame.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">The next document is created in a top window, i.e., in the highest frame of the hierarchy; if this frame is already a top window, the document is created in the same frame.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">A graphic button has a <span class="T1">Graphic </span>property. <help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter here the graphic's path and file name which you want to have displayed on the button.</help:help-text> If you select the graphic file with the ... button, the path and file name will be automatically included in the text box.</p>
<p class="Head2"><help:help-id value="HID_PROP_HARDLINEBREAKS" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Manual line break</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This is where you can allow a manual line break for a multiline field.</help:help-text> This property only has an effect if you chose "Yes" under <span class="T1">Multiline Input</span>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you have the option of entering a help text that will be displayed as a tip on the control.</help:help-text> The tip shows the text in user mode when the mouse is moved over the control.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">For <help:link Id="65921" Eid="artderschaltflaeche" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">URL type</help:link> buttons, the help text appears as the extended tip instead of the URL address entered under <help:link Id="65921" Eid="url" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">URL</help:link>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can enter a batch label in URL spelling which refers to a help document and which can be called with the help of the control field.</help:help-text> The help of the control field help can be opened if the focus is positioned on the control field and the user presses (F1).</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can set the background color of the control field.</help:help-text> For most of the control fields you can define a background color. If you click on <span class="T1">Background color</span> a list will open which enables you to select among various colors. The "Standard" option adopts the system setting. If the desired color is not listed, click the ... button to define a color in the <help:link Id="66284" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Color </span></help:link>dialog.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here, you can define if the text box should have a horizontal scroll bar (Yes) or not (No).</help:help-text> Text boxes can have a <help:link Id="65921" Eid="vertikalerscrollbar" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">vertical </help:link>or a horizontal scroll bar. If you want the text box to have a horizontal scroll bar, select the Yes option in the <span class="T1">Horizontal scroll bar</span> property.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> This is where you specify spin box intervals.</help:help-text> You can preset the value intervals in numerical and currency spin boxes. Use the arrow buttons of the spin box to increase or decrease the value.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can define the list entries visible in the document. Open this list and enter your text.</help:help-text> <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>With list and combo boxes, you can define the list entries visible in the document. Simply open the List entries field and enter your text. Please note the <help:link Id="65962" Eid="spezialfelder" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">tips </help:link>referring to the entries control and keyboard.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The predefined default list entry is entered into the <span class="T1">default selection</span>combo box.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Note that the list entries entered here are only incorporated into the form if the option "Value List" is active on the <span class="T1">Data</span> tab under <span class="T1">List Content Type</span>.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">If you do not want the list entries to be written to the database and/or transmitted to the recipient of the Web form but rather assigned values that are not visible in the form, you can assign the list entries to other values in a value list (e.g., those of a database). The value list is determined on the <help:link Id="65983" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Data</span></help:link> tab. To do so, select the option "Value List" under <span class="T1">Type of List Contents</span> and enter the values under <span class="T1">List Contents</span> (e.g., field contents of a data field) that are to be assigned to the corresponding visible list entries of the form. For the correct assignment, the order in the value list is relevant.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">For HTML documents, a list entry entered on the <span class="T1">General</span> tab corresponds to the HTML tag <OPTION>; an entry of the value list entered on the <span class="T1">Data</span> tab under <span class="T1">List Contents</span> corresponds to the <OPTION VALUE=...> tag.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can specify a date which should not be exceeded by a user's entry.</help:help-text> With date fields you can specify the date which can not be exceeded by a user's entry. That means, that a date that exceeds this date will be forbidden.</p>
<p class="Head2"><help:help-id value="HID_PROP_MAXTEXTLEN" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Max. text length</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can define the maximum number of characters that the user can enter.</help:help-text> For text and combo boxes, you can define the maximum number of characters that the user can enter. If this control field property is uncertain, this will be distinguished in the default settings with a zero.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If the control is linked to a database and the text length is to be accepted from the field definition of the database, you must not enter the text length here. The settings are only accepted from the database if the control property was not defined ("Not Defined" state).</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can define a value for the control field which can not be exceeded by another value introduced by the user. A bigger value will be forbidden.</help:help-text> For numerical and currency fields, you can determine a maximum value to impede the user to enter a higher value.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">For the time field, you can determine a time which can not be exceeded by another value introduced by the user.</help:help-text> For time fields, you can determine a time which can not be exceeded by the user. With this, a later date will be forbidden.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Determine here, if a multiple entry selection is allowed.</help:help-text> With list boxes you can determine if the user can select multiple entries.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">With this property you can determine if you want the control field to accept a line break. With this, the text will be displayed in various lines.</help:help-text> With text boxes and labels you can have a multiline text display. A line break can be done by either pressing the enter key or automatically at the border of the control field. As a default, line breaks are not accepted but, if you want to accept them, set the<span class="T1"> Multiline Input</span> property.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">For the date field, you can determine here a date to impede the user to introduce an earlier date.</help:help-text> With date fields you can enter a date which impedes the user to enter an earlier date. That is, the user will not be able to enter an earlier date.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">You can determine here a value for the control field to impede the user to enter a lesser value. That means that a lesser value will not be possible.</help:help-text> For numerical and currency fields you can determine a minimum value to impede the user to enter a lesser value.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">In the time field, you can determine here a time to impede the user to introduce an earlier time.</help:help-text> With time fields you can determine a time which impedes the user to enter an earlier time. With this, the user will not be able to enter an earlier time.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can determine the number of digits displayed to the right of the decimal point.</help:help-text> With numerical and currency fields you can determine the number of digits displayed to the right of the decimal point.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can determine the name for the control field. </help:help-text>Each control field has a <span class="T1">Name </span>property so that the control field can be easily identified. The name will appear in the <help:link Id="65950" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Form Navigator</help:link> and with the name, the control field can be referred from a macro. A name is already entered in the default settings. The control field specifies this name using the field's label and number.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you work with macros, make sure that the names of the controls are unique.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph"><a name="gruppierung"/><help:key-word value="Grouping Controls" tag="kw65921_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="Grouping Controls" tag="kw65921_5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>The name is not only used for the unambiguous designation of a control but also to group different controls that belong together functionally. To do so, you only need to give the same name to the fields: Controls with identical names form a group. Grouped elements can be represented visually by using a <help:link Id="66036" Eid="gruppierungsrahmen" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Group Frame</help:link>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">You can determine here if you want the navigation bar to be displayed on the lower border of the table control (Yes) or not (No).</help:help-text> Table controls normally have a navigation bar on the lower border. You are able to show it or hide it.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This is where you determine if the control is read-only (Yes) or if it can be edited (No).</help:help-text> This property can be assigned to all controls in which the user can enter text. In a graphics field which adopts graphics from a database, if you assign the read-only property, the user will not be able to insert new graphics into the database.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can determine if the field's border should be displayed "Without frame", with a "3-D look" or "Flat".</help:help-text> With control fields that have a frame, you can determine the border display on the form using the <span class="T1">Border </span>property. You can select among the <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>"Without frame", "3-D look" or "Flat" options.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The <span class="T1">Order</span> property sets the order in which the controls are focused in the formula if the Tab key is pressed.</help:help-text> If there are several controls in the formula, pressing the Tab key will move the focus to the next control. You can specify the order in which this occurs using an index to be copied under <span class="T1">Order</span>. The index of the first control that the focus should have is 1.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The <span class="T1">Order</span> property does not exist for <help:link Id="65950" Eid="hiddencontrol" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Hidden Controls</help:link>. Graphic buttons and controls cannot be selected with the Tab key either.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">When creating a form, an index is automatically assigned to the control fields that are added to this form; every control field added is assigned an index increased by 1. If you change the index of a control, the indices of the other controls are updated automatically. Elements that cannot be focused (<help:link Id="65921" Eid="tabstop" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Tabstop</help:link> = No) are also assigned a value. However, these controls are skipped when using the Tab key.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can also easily define the indices of the different controls in the <help:link Id="66039" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Tab Order</span></help:link> dialog.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can enter a reference value for the web form, which will be remitted to a server when sending the form. With database forms, the value entered here will be written in the database field, assigned to the control field.</help:help-text> You can assign a reference value to option buttons and check boxes. The reference value will be remitted to a server when sending the web form. With database forms the value entered here will be written in the database assigned to the control field.</p>
<p class="P2">Reference values for Web forms</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Reference values are useful if you design a Web form and the information on the status of the control is to be transmitted to a server. If the control is clicked by the user, the corresponding reference value is sent to the server. If you specify no reference value, "ON" is transmitted when sending the form if the control was activated by the user.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you have two control fields for the options "feminine" and "masculine", and assign a reference value of, for example, 1 to the field "feminine" and the value 2 to the "masculine" field, the value 1 is transmitted to the server if a user clicks the "feminine" field and value 2 is sent if the "masculine" field is clicked.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you assign no reference value, "ON" is sent for every activated control; if the two fields "feminine" and "masculine" are <help:link Id="65921" Eid="gruppierung" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">grouped</help:link>, "ON" is transmitted for the group if one of the fields was clicked. Therefore, you should make sure to define reference values in the grouping if the transmitted information "ON" is not sufficient to characterize the state of the controls.</p>
<p class="P2">Reference values for database forms</p>
<p class="Paragraph">For database forms, you can also characterize the status of an option or a check box by a reference value, storing it in the database. If you have a set of three options, for example "in progress", "completed", and "resubmission", with the respective reference values, "ToDo", "OK", and "RS", these reference values appear in the database if the respective option is clicked.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">With this property you can specify if an option or a mark is defined by default.</help:help-text> <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>When you load the document, this status will be accepted.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">For a <help:link Id="65921" Eid="artderschaltflaeche" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">reset type</help:link> button, you hereby define the state of the control if the reset button is activated by the user.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">For <help:link Id="65921" Eid="gruppierung" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">grouped</help:link> option fields, the state of the group corresponding to the default setting is defined by the <span class="T1">Default Status</span> property.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Determine which list box entry is to be marked as default.</help:help-text> Use this list box property to determine which <span class="T1">list entry</span> is to be selected as the default. When the document is loaded, this defined condition is presumed, The first list entry is numbered 0, the next 1, etc.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">For a <help:link Id="65921" Eid="artderschaltflaeche" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">reset type</help:link> button, an entry selected here defines the status of the list box if the reset button is activated by the user.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> With the default value determine which entry in the control field is set by default.</help:help-text> For example, the standard entry will be accepted when a form is opened or when new data is entered.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">For a <help:link Id="65921" Eid="artderschaltflaeche" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">reset type</help:link> button, an entry made here defines the status of the control if the reset button is activated by the user.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">In particular, in the case of date and time fields, the current date or the current time in the form is indicated as a default if no other default value is defined.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">With this property you specify that this button will be operated when you press the Return key.</help:help-text>In a dialog or form with several buttons, one of them will be operated when you press the Return key. If you open the dialog or form and do not carry out any further action, the button with this property is the default button.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">This property should always be assigned only for a single button within the document.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">In the case of Web page forms, you might come across this property in search masks. These are edit masks that contain a text field and a <help:link Id="65921" Eid="artderschaltflaeche" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Submit Type</help:link> button. The search term is entered in the text field and the search is started by a activating the button. If the button is defined as the default button, however, simply hit Enter after entering the search term in order to start the search.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Use this field to determine if the currency symbol is to be displayed before or after the number when using currency fields.</help:help-text> The default setting is currency symbols are not prefixed.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The <span class="T1">Tabstop </span>property determines if a control field can be selected with the tab key.</help:help-text> The following options are available:</p>
<p class="TextInTable">When using the tab key, focusing skips the control. The value defined under <help:link Id="65921" Eid="reihenfolge" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Order</span></help:link> is kept.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If you want to insert a thousands separator, select here the Yes option.</help:help-text> With numerical and currency fields you can determine if thousands separators should be used or not.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The Label property sets the label of the control field which should be displayed in the form.</help:help-text> The Label property sets the label of the control field which should be displayed in the form. With the table control columns, this property determines the visible label or the column header of the data field.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">When you create a new control, the description predefined in the <help:link Id="65921" Eid="name" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Name</span></help:link> property is used as the default for labeling the control. The label consists of the control field name and an integer numbering the control, i.e., CommandButton1, for example. With the <span class="T1">Titel</span> property, you can assign another description to the control so that the label reflects the function of the control. Change this entry in order to assign an expressive label to the control that is visible to the user.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="multi-line titles; form function" tag="kw65921_4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="multi-line names; form functions" tag="kw65921_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="form objects; multi-line" tag="kw65921_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To have a multi-line title, open the field using the arrow buttons. You can enter a line break via the shortcut keys <help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MAC">Command</help:case><help:default>Ctrl</help:default></help:switch>+Enter.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The <span class="T1">Title</span> property is only used for labeling a form element in the interface visible to the user. If you work with macros, note that, at runtime, a control is always addressed via the <span class="T1">Name</span> property.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter here the URL address for a "URL" button type. This address will be downloaded if the button is pressed.</help:help-text> With <help:link Id="65921" Eid="artderschaltflaeche" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Type URL</help:link> buttons enter the URL address under <span class="T1">URL</span>. This address will be downloaded by clicking the button. This could be a file, a new form or a website in the internet.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">If you move the mouse over the button in User mode, the URL appears as the extended tip, provided that no other <help:link Id="65921" Eid="hilfetext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Help text</help:link> was entered.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Determine here, if the text box should have a vertical scroll bar (Yes) or not (No).</help:help-text> Text boxes can have a <help:link Id="65921" Eid="horizontalerscrollbar" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">horizontal </help:link>and a vertical scroll bar. If the text should have a vertical scroll bar, simply select "Yes" in the<span class="T1"> Vertical scroll bar</span> property.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">You can enter here a character or a string <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>for the currency symbol.</help:help-text> In the Currency Field you can pre-define the currency symbol by entering the character or string in the <span class="T1">Currency symbol</span> property.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here, you can enter the data which should be adopted by the hidden control.</help:help-text> In a<help:link Id="65950" Eid="hiddencontrol" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> hidden control</help:link>, under <span class="T1">Value</span>, you can enter the data which has to be adopted by the hidden control. This data will be also transferred when sending the form.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">If the text box is used as a password input, enter here the character's ASCII-code. This code should be displayed instead of the characters typed by the user for the password.</help:help-text> If the user should enter a password you can determine the characters that will be displayed instead of the characters typed by the user. Under <span class="T1">Password characters</span>, enter the ASCII code of the desired character. You can use the values from 0 to 255.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The characters corresponding to certain ASCII codes can be seen in the Special Character dialog (Paste - Special Character...).</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">The literal mask will be defined here. The literal mask contains the initial values and is always visible after downloading a form.</help:help-text> With masked fields you should determine a literal mask. It contains the initial values and is always visible after downloading a form. Using a character code for the<help:link Id="65921" Eid="eingabemaske" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> Edit mask</help:link>, you can determine the entries that the user can enter in the masked field.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The length of the literal mask should always correspond to the length of the edit mask. If this is not the case, the edit mask is either cut off or filled with blanks up to the length of the edit mask.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">You can select a character set here. This character set will be used to format the text in the control field.</help:help-text> For control fields which have a visible text in the form or a<help:link Id="65921" Eid="titel" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"> title</help:link>, you can select a character set which will be used to display the text in the form. Click the<span class="T1"> ...</span> button to access the <help:link Id="65740" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Font </span></help:link>dialog which enables you to define the font. The selected character set will be used to name control fields. In a table control field, the character set <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>determines the data display. In this dialog, you can also set the color for the text display inn the control field.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Determine here the row height (in millimeters) in a table control field.</help:help-text> In table control fields, you can determine the row height in millimeters.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">You can define the desired format for the time display.</help:help-text> With time fields you can define the desired format for the time display.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Here you can enter additional information or a descriptive text for the control field.</help:help-text> In each control field you can enter additional information or a descriptive text for the control field. This property helps the programmer to save additional information which can be used in the program code. This field can be used, for example, for variables or other evaluation parameters.</p>
