Steve,
I seem to remember as a child my parents regularly intoning to me:
"Those who ask don't get and those who don't ask don't want"
Obviously they didn't repeat it regularly enough! But asking - politely -
especially on this list should be second nature otherwise good ideas might
be missed. Who knows when the seed of an idea is sown and it germinates in
it's own good time...
Regards,
Alastair.
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From: "Wills, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:35 PM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Difference Between Form
Control -Bevel:Shape.[Frame||Box]
First, I really like Alastair's request and glad he had the courage to
ask, as I did not.
Second, back to my original Q, very specifically, what is the difference
between FRAME and BOX values for the Shape property of Bevel?
Thanks,
Steve in Memphis
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of A.
Razzak Memon
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:53pm 12:53
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Difference Between Form Control
-Bevel:Shape.[Frame||Box]
At 12:21 PM 4/10/2008, Wills, Steve wrote:
This may seem minor - it probably is - but would anyone be able to
describe
the difference between the Frame or Box setting of the Shape property
of
the Bevel Form Control?
They each appear to be a quadrilateral (square or rectangle) but the
fact
that there are 2 similar-appearing but differently-named of these
shapes
makes me wonder if there's some subtle difference between them.
At 01:18 PM 4/10/2008, Alastair Burr wrote:
I'm so pleased that you have raised this since it gives me an opening
for
something that I have been thinking about asking for ages:
Even if I ever knew what the descriptions mean I can never remember
from
one session to another what looked good or bad so I tend not to make
any
changes to the defaults.
Razzak, is it possible for _either_ the help files to show what all
these
settings for frames, etc., look like or - even better - for the
controls
to display the changes as you select them rather like the font is
shown?
Steve, Alastair, et el.
In very simple terms, the "Bevel" represents a beveled outline to create
beveled boxes, frames, or lines. The bevel can appear raised or lowered.
You may customize the Bevel control using the Bevel Style and Bevel
Shape
properties. Bevel Style can be either Raised or Lowered. Bevel Shape may
be used as Box, Frame, Top Line, Bottom Line, Left Line, Right Line, or
Spacer.
The "Shape" represents a geometric shape that can be drawn on a form.
You
can add a Shape object to a form to draw a simple geometric shape on the
form. Shape introduces properties to describe the pen used to outline
the
shape and the brush used to fill it. You may further customize the Shape
object using the Shape Style properties, such as Rectangle, Square,
Radius Edge Rectangle, Radius Edge Square, Ellipse, or Circle. The
Shape
object can also be enhanced using the Border Color and Border Style,
such
as Solid, Dash, Dot, Dash-Dot, Dash-Dot-Dot,
The best way to understand the visual difference is to place both
objects
side by side and play with the exposed object properties of each
control.
If you are using the "Enterprise Editions" of R:BASE 7.6 or Turbo V-8
for Windows, you may explore more detailed properties of each form
control
using the "Object Inspector".
Hope that explains!
Very Best R:egards,
Razzak.
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