4D v14.3
Object Properties
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- Objects (Forms)
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- Object Properties
- GET STYLE SHEET INFONew
- LIST OF STYLE SHEETSNew
- OBJECT DUPLICATE
- OBJECT Get actionNew
- OBJECT Get auto spellcheck
- OBJECT GET BEST SIZE
- OBJECT Get border styleNew
- OBJECT Get context menuNew
- OBJECT GET COORDINATES
- OBJECT Get data sourceNew
- OBJECT GET DRAG AND DROP OPTIONS
- OBJECT Get enabled
- OBJECT Get enterable
- OBJECT GET EVENTSNew
- OBJECT Get filter
- OBJECT Get focus rectangle invisible
- OBJECT Get font
- OBJECT Get font size
- OBJECT Get font style
- OBJECT Get format
- OBJECT Get help tip
- OBJECT Get horizontal alignment
- OBJECT Get indicator typeNew
- OBJECT Get keyboard layout
- OBJECT Get list nameUpd
- OBJECT Get list referenceNew
- OBJECT GET MAXIMUM VALUENew
- OBJECT GET MINIMUM VALUENew
- OBJECT Get multilineNew
- OBJECT Get placeholderNew
- OBJECT GET PRINT VARIABLE FRAMENew
- OBJECT GET RESIZING OPTIONS
- OBJECT GET RGB COLORS
- OBJECT GET SCROLL POSITION
- OBJECT GET SCROLLBARUpd
- OBJECT GET SHORTCUT
- OBJECT Get style sheetNew
- OBJECT GET SUBFORM
- OBJECT GET SUBFORM CONTAINER SIZE
- OBJECT Get text orientationNew
- OBJECT Get three states checkboxNew
- OBJECT Get title
- OBJECT Get typeNew
- OBJECT Get vertical alignment
- OBJECT Get visible
- OBJECT Is styled textNew
- OBJECT MOVE
- OBJECT SET ACTIONNew
- OBJECT SET AUTO SPELLCHECK
- OBJECT SET BORDER STYLENew
- OBJECT SET COLOR
- OBJECT SET CONTEXT MENUNew
- OBJECT SET COORDINATESNew
- OBJECT SET DATA SOURCENew
- OBJECT SET DRAG AND DROP OPTIONS
- OBJECT SET ENABLED
- OBJECT SET ENTERABLE
- OBJECT SET EVENTSNew
- OBJECT SET FILTER
- OBJECT SET FOCUS RECTANGLE INVISIBLE
- OBJECT SET FONT SIZE
- OBJECT SET FONT STYLE
- OBJECT SET FONTUpd
- OBJECT SET FORMAT
- OBJECT SET HELP TIP
- OBJECT SET HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT
- OBJECT SET INDICATOR TYPENew
- OBJECT SET KEYBOARD LAYOUT
- OBJECT SET LIST BY NAMEUpd
- OBJECT SET LIST BY REFERENCENew
- OBJECT SET MAXIMUM VALUENew
- OBJECT SET MINIMUM VALUENew
- OBJECT SET MULTILINENew
- OBJECT SET PLACEHOLDERNew
- OBJECT SET PRINT VARIABLE FRAMENew
- OBJECT SET RESIZING OPTIONS
- OBJECT SET RGB COLORSUpd
- OBJECT SET SCROLL POSITION
- OBJECT SET SCROLLBARUpd
- OBJECT SET SHORTCUT
- OBJECT SET STYLE SHEETNew
- OBJECT SET SUBFORM
- OBJECT SET TEXT ORIENTATIONNew
- OBJECT SET THREE STATES CHECKBOXNew
- OBJECT SET TITLE
- OBJECT SET VERTICAL ALIGNMENT
- OBJECT SET VISIBLE
- DISABLE BUTTON
- ENABLE BUTTON
Object Properties
The Object Properties commands act on the properties of objects present in forms. They enable you to change the appearance and behavior of the objects while using the forms to display records and in the Application environment.
Important: The scope of these commands is the form currently being used; changes disappear when you exit the form.
The object property commands share the same generic syntax described here:
COMMAND NAME({*;} object { ; additional parameters specific to each command )
If you specify the optional * parameter, you indicate an object name (a string) in object.
You can use the @ character within that name if you want to address several objects of the form in one call. The following table shows examples of object names you can specify to this command.
| Object Names | Objects affected by the call |
| mainGroupBox | Only the object mainGroupBox. |
| main@ | The objects whose name starts with “main”. |
| @GroupBox | The objects whose name ends with “GroupBox”. |
| @Group@ | The objects whose name contains “Group”. |
| main@Btn | The objects whose name starts with “main” and ends with “Btn”. |
| @ | All the objects present in the form. |
Note: You can configure the way the @ character is interpreted when it is included in a character string. This option affects the functioning of the commands in the "Objects (Forms)" theme. For more information, refer to the 4D Design Reference manual.
If you omit the optional * parameter, you indicate a field or a variable in object. In this case, you specify a field or variable reference (field or variable objects only) instead of a string.
Starting with 4D v14, a new way of interacting has been defined between generic commands such as OBJECT SET RGB COLORS or OBJECT SET FONT STYLE and multi-style text areas.
In previous versions of 4D, executing one of these commands modified the contents of any custom style tags inserted in the area. From now on, only default properties are affected by these commands (as well as any properties saved by means of default tags). Custom style tags remain as they are.
For example, given a multi-style area where default tags were saved:
The plain text of the area is as follows:
<span style="text-align:left;font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:9pt;color:#009900">This is the word <span style="color:#D81E05">red</span></span>If you execute the following code:
OBJECT SET COLOR(*;"myArea";-(Blue+(256*Yellow)))With 4D v14, the red color remains:
| 4D v14 | prior versions |
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<span style="text-align:left;font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:9pt;color:#0000FF">This is the word <span style="color:#D81E05">red</span></span> | <span style="font-family:'Segoe UI';font-size:9pt;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;color:#0000FF;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">This is the word red</span></span> |
The following generic commands are concerned:
OBJECT SET RGB COLORS
OBJECT SET COLOR
OBJECT SET FONT
OBJECT SET FONT STYLE
OBJECT SET FONT SIZE
In the context of multi-style areas, generic commands should be used to set default styles only. To manage styles during database execution, we recommend using the commands of the "" theme.
Product: 4D
Theme: Objects (Forms)
Focus object
Managing List Box Objects
OBJECT SET SCROLL POSITION
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Inherited from : Object Properties ( 4D v12.4)
