Form item attributes The form item attributes reference. ACCELERATOR attribute The ACCELERATOR is an action attribute defining the primary accelerator key for an action. ACCELERATOR2 attribute The ACCELERATOR2 is an action attribute defining the secondary accelerator key for an action. ACCELERATOR3 attribute The ACCELERATOR3 is an action attribute defining the third accelerator key for an action. ACCELERATOR4 attribute The ACCELERATOR4 is an action attribute defining the fourth accelerator key for an action. ACTION attribute The ACTION attribute defines the action associated with 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 are not to 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 a hint for the user about the form element. COMPLETER attribute The COMPLETER attribute enables autocompletion for the edit field. 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. DISCLOSUREINDICATOR attribute The DISCLOSUREINDICATOR attribute adds a drill-down decoration to the form item. DOUBLECLICK attribute The DOUBLECLICK attribute defines the action for row choice on TABLE/TREE/SCROLLGRID rows. 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. HEIGHT attribute The HEIGHT attribute forces an explicit height for a form element. HIDDEN attribute The HIDDEN attribute indicates that the element is not to be displayed. 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 for the form item. IMAGECOLUMN attribute The IMAGECOLUMN attribute defines the form field containing the image for the current 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. INITIALPAGESIZE attribute The INITIALPAGESIZE attribute defines the initial page size of a list element. 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 alignment of a text field content, and table column headers. KEY attribute The KEY attribute is used to define the labels of keys when the field is made current. KEYBOARDHINT attribute The KEYBOARDHINT attribute gives an indication of the kind of data the form field contains, allowing the front-end to adapt the keyboard accordingly. 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 specifies that the field does not accept NULL values. NOTEDITABLE attribute The NOTEDITABLE attribute disables the text editor. OPTIONS attribute The OPTIONS 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. PLACEHOLDER attribute The PLACEHOLDER attribute defines a hint for the user when the field contains no value. 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 based on the content of a form item. 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. 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. 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. 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. UPSHIFT attribute The UPSHIFT attribute forces character input to uppercase letters. VALIDATE attribute The VALIDATE action attribute defines 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 controls the vertical resizing of a list element. 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 a field. WIDTH attribute The WIDTH attribute forces 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.