Property

Description

Display

How the records are displayed on the program's online screen.

The following options are available:

Line mode (default) is usually used to display key information when the end user needs to search within a collection of records and needs minimum information for a quick view. In this mode, several records are displayed on the screen at a time. Each row corresponds to a record.

Screen mode is usually used to display detailed information when the end user needs to focus on a specific object and needs maximum information on the screen. In this mode, only one record is displayed on the screen at a time.

None displays no records. This option is available when you activate the APG from the # column (the 0th row) of the Data repository.

Style

The following control styles are available:

• 3-D (default)

• 2-D

• Original (screen mode only)

Use Model

You can assign an existing model to the generated program.

Form Size

Lets you specify the display of the GUI form created by the Automatic Program Generator. The property has the following options:

As Model – The form width and height is defined as specified in the attached model.

As Content – The form width and height is according to the result content on the screen. Note that in Line mode, the height of the form will be the same As Model.

As Content Within MDI – The form width and height will be according to the result content on the screen, however, each measurement will not be greater than the MDI measurements. This option does not appear for Rich Client programs.

Note: If the content width is greater than the MDI, the content width will be the same as the MDI. If the content width is smaller than the MDI width, the form width will be the same as the content width.

Caption

Mark the Caption check box to display the caption in the body of the program.