====== Common GUI Properties ======

These core properties apply to most GUI controls except where noted in individual control descriptions later.

 

^Name^Description^
|*ACCEPTDROPFILES  |Specifies if a control can accept dropped files.                                 |
|*AUTOSCALE        |                                                                                 |
|*AUTOSIZEHEIGHT   |                                                                                 |
|*AUTOSIZEWIDTH    |                                                                                 |
|*BACKCOLOR        |Specifies the color(s) to use when painting a controls background.               |
|*BOTTOM           |Determines the bottom coordinate of a control relative to its parent control.    |
|*CLASSNAME        |Returns the registered window class name for the control.                        |
|CHILDWINDOW       |Returns TRUE$ if the control is a "child window".                                |
|*CLIENTHEIGHT     |Specifies height of a control’s client area.                                     |
|*CLIENTSIZE       |Specifies the width and height of a controls client area.                        |
|*CLIENTWIDTH      |Specifies width of a control’s client area.                                      |
|*CLIPCHILDREN     |                                                                                 |
|*COMPOSITED       |                                                                                 |
|*CONTEXTMENU      |                                                                                 |
|CURSOR            |Specifies the cursor to use when over the control.                               |
|*DESIGNMODE       |                                                                                 |
|*DESIGNSELECTED   |                                                                                 |
|*DOUBLEBUFFER     |                                                                                 |
|*DPI              |                                                                                 |
|ENABLED           |Enables or disables mouse and keyboard input for a control.                      |
|*FOCUS            |Specifies if the control has the focus on its parent form.                       |
|*FONT             |Specifies the font used when rendering text in a control.                        |
|*FORECOLOR        |Specifies the text color for a control.                                          |
|*HANDLE           |Returns the window handle (HWND) of a control.                                   |
|*HEIGHT           |Specifies the height of a control.                                               |
|*HELPTEXT         |Specifies the tooltip text for a control.                                        |
|*LEFT             |Determines the X-coordinate of a control relative to its parent control.         |
|*MOUSECAPTURED    |Specifies if mouse messages are redirected to a specific control.                |
|*NEXT             |Specifies the next control in tabbing order.                                     |
|*PARENT           |Specifies the parent control ID for a control.                                   |
|PARENTFRAME       |Specifies the parent WINDOW object for a control.                                |
|*PREVIOUS         |Specifies the previous control in the tabbing order.                             |
|*QUALFIEDWINMSGS  |                                                                                 |
|*RECT             |Determines the position and size of a control relative to its parent control.    |
|*REDRAW           |Specifies if a control is allowed to update itself on screen.                    |
|*RIGHT            |Determines the right-most coordinate of a control relative to its parent control.|
|*RIGHTANCHOR      |                                                                                 |
|*SCREENSIZE       |Determines the position and size of a control in screen coordinates.             |
|*SIZE             |Determines the position and size of a control relative to its parent control.    |
|*STYLE            |Specifies the Windows Style flags for a control.                                 |
|*STYLEN           |Specifies the Windows Style flags for a control in numeric format.               |
|*STYLEEX          |Specifies the Extended Windows style flags for a control.                        |
|*STYLEEXN         |Specifies the Extended Windows style flags for a control in numeric format.      |
|*TEXT             |Specifies the text displayed in a control.                                       |
|*TIMER            |                                                                                 |
|*TOP              |Determines the Y-position of a control relative to its parent control.           |
|VISIBLE           |Determines if a control is visible.                                              |
|*VISUALSTYLE      |                                                                                 |
|*VISUALSTYLECOLOR |                                                                                 |
|*VISUALSTYLECOLORS|                                                                                 |
|*VISUALSTYLEMETRIC|                                                                                 |
|WIDTH             |Specifies width of a control.                                                    |