Form item attributes

ACCELERATOR attribute
The ACCELERATOR attribute defines the primary accelerator key of an action default item.
ACCELERATOR2 attribute
The ACCELERATOR2 attribute defines the secondary accelerator key of an action default item.
ACCELERATOR3 attribute
The ACCELERATOR3 attribute defines the third accelerator key of an action default item.
ACCELERATOR4 attribute
The ACCELERATOR4 attribute defines the fourth accelerator key of an action default item.
ACTION attribute
The ACTION attribute defines the action associated to the form item.
AGGREGATETEXT attribute
The AGGREGATETEXT attribute defines a label to be displayed for aggregate fields.
AGGREGATETYPE attribute
The AGGREGATETYPE attribute defines how the aggregate field value is computed.
AUTOSCALE attribute
The AUTOSCALE attribute causes the form element contents to automatically scale to the size given to the item.
AUTONEXT attribute
The AUTONEXT attribute forces the cursor to automatically leave the current field when full.
BUTTONTEXTHIDDEN attribute
The BUTTONTEXTHIDDEN attribute indicates that the button labels for an element should not be displayed.
CENTURY attribute
The CENTURY attribute defines expansion of the year in a DATE or DATETIME field.
CLASS attribute
The CLASS attribute defines the behavior of a field defined with the WIDGET attribute.
COLOR attribute
The COLOR attribute defines the foreground color of the text displayed by a form element.
COLOR WHERE Attribute
The COLOR WHERE attribute defines a condition to set the foreground color dynamically.
CONFIG Attribute
The CONFIG attribute defines the behavior and decoration of a field defined with the WIDGET attribute.
CONTEXTMENU attribute
The CONTEXTMENU attribute defines whether a context menu option must be displayed for an action.
COMMENT attribute
The COMMENT attribute defines text that can be shown when the element becomes current.
COMPONENTTYPE attribute
The COMPONENTTYPE attribute defines a name identifying the external widget for WEBCOMPONENT fields.
DEFAULT attribute
The DEFAULT attribute assigns a default value to a field during data entry.
DEFAULTVIEW attribute
The DEFAULTVIEW attribute defines if a default view (a button) must be displayed for a given action.
DISPLAY LIKE attribute
The DISPLAY LIKE attribute applies column attributes defined in the database schema files (.att) to a field.
DOUBLECLICK attribute
The DOUBLECLICK attribute defines the action to be sent when the user double-clicks on a TABLE/TREE row.
DOWNSHIFT attribute
The DOWNSHIFT attribute forces character input to lowercase letters.
EXPANDEDCOLUMN attribute
The EXPANDEDCOLUMN attribute specifies the form field that indicates whether a tree node is expanded.
FONTPITCH attribute
The FONTPITCH attribute defines the character font type as fixed or variable when the default font is used.
FORMAT attribute
The FORMAT attribute defines the data formatting for numeric and date time fields, for input and display.
GRIDCHILDRENINPARENT attribute
The GRIDCHILDRENINPARENT attribute is used for a container to align its children to the parent container.
HIDDEN attribute
The HIDDEN attribute indicates that the element should not be displayed.
HEIGHT attribute
The HEIGHT attribute defines an explicit height for a form element.
IDCOLUMN attribute
The IDCOLUMN attribute specifies the form field that contains the identifier of a tree node.
IMAGE attribute
The IMAGE attribute defines the image resource to be displayed in the form item.
IMAGECOLUMN attribute
The IMAGECOLUMN attribute defines the form field containing the image of a field.
IMAGECOLLAPSED attribute
The IMAGECOLLAPSED attribute sets the global icon to be used when a tree node is collapsed.
IMAGEEXPANDED attribute
The IMAGEEXPANDED attribute sets the global icon to be used when a tree node is expanded.
IMAGELEAF attribute
The IMAGELEAF attribute defines the global icon for leaf nodes of a TREE container.
INCLUDE attribute
The INCLUDE attribute defines a list of possible values for a field.
INITIALIZER attribute
The INITIALIZER attribute allows you to specify an initialization function that will be automatically called by the runtime system to set up the form item.
INVISIBLE attribute
The INVISIBLE attribute prevents user-entered data from being echoed on the screen during an interactive statement.
ISNODECOLUMN attribute
The ISNODECOLUMN attribute specifies the form field that indicates whether a tree node has children.
ITEMS attribute
The ITEMS attribute defines a list of possible values that can be used by the form item.
JUSTIFY attribute
The JUSTIFY attribute defines the justification of the content of a field and the alignment of table column headers.
KEY attribute
The KEY attribute is used to define the labels of keys when the field is made current.
MINHEIGHT attribute
The MINHEIGHT attribute defines the minimum height of a form.
MINWIDTH attribute
The MINWIDTH attribute defines the minimum width of a form.
NOENTRY attribute
The NOENTRY attribute prevents data entry in the field during an input dialog.
NOT NULL attribute
The NOT NULL attribute sets that the field does not accept NULL values.
NOTEDITABLE attribute
The NOTEDITABLE attribute disables the text editor.
OPTIONS attribute
The OPTION attribute specifies widget options for the field.
ORIENTATION attribute
The ORIENTATION attribute defines whether an element displays vertically or horizontally.
PARENTIDCOLUMN attribute
The PARENTIDCOLUMN attribute specifies the form field that contains the identifier of the parent node of a tree node.
PICTURE attribute
The PICTURE attribute specifies a character pattern for data entry in a text field, and prevents entry of values that conflict with the specified pattern.
PROGRAM attribute
The PROGRAM attribute can specify an external application program to edit TEXT or BYTE fields.
PROPERTIES attribute
The PROPERTIES attribute is used to define a list of widget-specific characteristics.
QUERYEDITABLE attribute
The QUERYEDITABLE attribute makes a COMBOBOX field editable during a CONSTRUCT statement.
REQUIRED attribute
The REQUIRED attribute forces the user to modify the content of a field during an input dialog.
REVERSE attribute
The REVERSE attribute displays any value in the field in reverse video (dark characters in a bright field).
SAMPLE attribute
The SAMPLE attribute defines the text to be used to compute the width of a form field.
SCROLL attribute
The SCROLL attribute can be used to enable horizontal scrolling in a character field.
SCROLLBARS attribute
The SCROLLBARS attribute can be used to specify scrollbars for a form item.
SIZEPOLICY attribute
The SIZEPOLICY attribute is a sizing directive to display form elements.
SPACING attribute
The SPACING attribute is a spacing directive to display form elements.
SPLITTER attribute
The SPLITTER attribute forces the container to use a splitter widget between each child element.
STEP attribute
The STEP attribute specifies how a value is increased or decreased in one step (by a mouse click or key up/down).
STRETCH attribute
The STRETCH attribute specifies how a widget must resize when the parent container is resized.
STYLE attribute
The STYLE attribute specifies a presentation style for a form element.
TABINDEX attribute
The TABINDEX attribute defines the tab order for a form item.
TAG attribute
The TAG attribute can be used to identify the form item with a specific string.
TEXT attribute
The TEXT attribute defines the label associated with a form item.
TITLE attribute
The TITLE attribute defines the title of a form item.
UNSORTABLE attribute
The UNSORTABLE attribute indicates that the element cannot be selected by the user for sorting.
UNSORTABLECOLUMNS attribute
The UNSORTABLECOLUMNS attribute indicates that the columns of the table cannot be selected by the user for sorting.
UNSIZABLE attribute
The UNSIZABLE attribute indicates that the element cannot be resized by the user.
UNSIZABLECOLUMNS attribute
The UNSIZABLECOLUMNS attribute indicates that the columns of the table cannot be resized by the user.
UNHIDABLE attribute
The UNHIDABLE attribute indicates that the element cannot be hidden or shown by the user with the context menu.
UNHIDABLECOLUMNS attribute
The UNHIDABLECOLUMNS attribute indicates that the columns of the table cannot be hidden or shown by the user with the context menu.
UNMOVABLE attribute
The UNMOVABLE attribute prevents the user from moving a defined column of a table.
UNMOVABLECOLUMNS attribute
The UNMOVABLECOLUMNS attribute prevents the user from moving columns of a table.
UPSHIFT attribute
The UPSHIFT attribute forces character input to uppercase letters.
VALIDATE attribute
VALIDATE is an Action Defaults attribute defining the data validation level for a given action.
VALIDATE LIKE attribute
The VALIDATE LIKE attribute applies column attributes defined in the .val database schema files to a field.
VALUEMIN attribute
The VALUEMIN attribute defines a lower limit of values displayed in widgets (such as progress bars).
VALUEMAX attribute
The VALUEMAX attribute defines a upper limit of values displayed in widgets (such as progress bars).
VALUECHECKED attribute
The VALUECHECKED attribute defines the value associated with a checkbox item when it is checked.
VALUEUNCHECKED attribute
The VALUEUNCHECKED attribute defines the value associated with a checkbox item when it is not checked.
VERIFY attribute
The VERIFY attribute requires users to enter data in the field twice to reduce the probability of erroneous data entry.
VERSION attribute
The VERSION attribute is used to specify a user version string for an element.
WANTFIXEDPAGESIZE attribute
The WANTFIXEDPAGESIZE attribute gives a fixed height to a TABLE container.
WANTNORETURNS attribute
The WANTNORETURNS attribute forces a text field to reject newline characters when the user presses the Return key.
WANTTABS attribute
The WANTTABS attribute forces a text field to insert Tab characters in the text when the user presses the Tab key.
WIDGET attribute
The WIDGET attribute specifies the type of graphical widget to be used for the field.
WIDTH attribute
The WIDTH attribute defines an explicit width of a form element.
WINDOWSTYLE attribute
The WINDOWSTYLE attribute defines the style to be used by the parent window of a form.
WORDWRAP Attribute
The WORDWRAP attribute enables a multiple-line editor in TUI mode.

Related concepts

Form specification files

Parent topic: Form specification files