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Default/User control

The USER control is the default control type, used for multiple purposes. It can serve as a container or group for other controls, as well as a tool for drawing rectangular shapes or lines by defining their positions. Other controls also use the tags defined for the USER control, in addition to their own specific tags.

Purposes of the control

Section titled “Purposes of the control”

  1. Container/group: The USER control can act as a container, holding and organizing other controls. This allows for efficient layout and management of multiple elements on the screen.

  2. Drawing rectangles or lines: It can also be used to draw rectangular shapes or lines by specifying the position and dimensions, making it useful for creating visual boundaries or shapes within the UI.

Opening and closing a control

Section titled “Opening and closing a control”

Each control is opened with the keyword WINDOW and closed with the keyword END.

For the USER control, when it serves as a container (group), it can contain other controls as children. Each child control is preceded by the keyword CHILD, and after all the children have been defined, the keyword ENDALLCHILDREN should be used to close the group of children and return to the main control.

Example with children

Section titled “Example with children”
WINDOW
  WINDOWTYPE = USER ; parent
  ... rest of control options
  CHILD
  WINDOW ; child
    WINDOWTYPE = CHECKBOX
    ... rest of control child options
  END
  CHILD
  WINDOW ; child
    WINDOWTYPE = COMBOBOX
    ... rest of control child options
  END
  WINDOW ; child and parent or just a drawing
    WINDOWTYPE = USER
    ... rest of control child options
  END
  ENDALLCHILDREN
END

Available tags

Section titled “Available tags”