IBM Lotus Symphony


Insert Controls

Opens the Toolbox bar.

Icon Insert Controls

Button

Icon

Adds a command button. You can use a command button to execute a command for a defined event, such as a mouse click.

If you want, you can add text or a graphic to the button.

Check Box

Icon Adds a check box that you can use to turn a function on or off.

Option Button

Icon Adds a button that allows a user to select from a number of options. Grouped option buttons must have consecutive tab indices. They are commonly encircled by a group box. If you have two groups of option buttons, you must insert a tab index between the tab indices of the two groups on the group frame.

Label Field

Icon Adds a field for displaying text labels. These labels are only for displaying predefined text, and not for entering text.

Text Box

Icon Adds an input box where you can enter and edit text.

List Box

Icon Adds a box where you can click an entry on a list.

Combo Box

Icon Adds a combo box. A combo box is a one line list box that a user can click, and then choose an entry from the list. If you want, you can make the entries in the combo box "read only".

Horizontal Scrollbar

Icon Adds a horizontal scrollbar to the dialog.

Vertical Scrollbar

Icon Adds a vertical scrollbar to the dialog.

Group Box

Icon Adds a frame that you can use to visually group similar controls, such as option buttons.
Note Icon To define two different groups of option buttons, ensure that the tab index of the group frame is between the tab indices of the two groups.

Progress Bar

Icon Adds a progress bar to the dialog.

Horizontal Line

Icon Adds a horizontal line to the dialog.

Vertical Line

Icon Adds a vertical line to the dialog.

Date Field

Icon Adds a date field.

If you assign the "dropdown" property to the date field, a user can drop down a calendar to select a date.

Time Field

Icon Adds a time field.

Numeric Field

Icon Adds a numeric field.

Currency Field

Icon Adds a currency field.

Formatted Field

Icon Adds a text box where you can define the formatting for text that is inputted or outputted as well as any limiting values.

Pattern Field

Icon Adds a masked field. A masked field consists of an input mask and a literal mask. The input mask determines which user data can be entered. The literal mask determines the state of the masked field when the form is loaded.

File Selection

Icon Adds a button that opens a file selection dialog.

Select

Icon Activates or deactivates the Selection mode. In this mode, you can select the controls in a dialog so that you can edit them.

Properties

Icon Opens a dialog where you can edit the properties of the selected control.

Activate Test Mode

Icon Starts test mode. Click the dialog closer icon to end test mode.

Manage Language

Manage Language icon Opens a dialog to enable or manage multiple sets of dialog resources for multiple languages.

Tree Control

Manage Language icon Adds a tree control that can show a hierarchical list. You can populate the list by your program, using API calls (XtreeControl).

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