Chapter 18: Enhancing DataWindow Objects
Selecting controls in the
DataWindow painter
The
DataWindow painter provides several ways to select controls to act
on. Table 18-3 describes
the various methods for selecting controls.
Lasso selection
Use lasso selection when possible, because it is fast and
easy. Lasso selection is another name for the method described in Table 18-3 for selecting neighboring
controls.
When you select multiple controls, you can act on all the
selected controls as a unit. For example, you can move all of them
or change the fonts used to display text for all of them.
Table 18-3: Selecting controls in a DataWindow object
To select
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Do this
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A single control in a DataWindow object
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Click the control in the Design view
or in the Control List view.
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Neighboring controls in a DataWindow
object (lasso selection)
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In the Design view, press and hold the
left mouse button at one corner of the area containing the controls,
drag the mouse over the neighboring controls you want to select,
and release the mouse button. (In the Control List view, use the
method for non-neighboring controls in a DataWindow object.)
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Non-neighboring controls in a DataWindow
object
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In the Design or Control List views,
click any of the controls that you want to select, then press and
hold the Ctrl key while clicking the other controls you want to
select.
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Controls by type in a DataWindow object
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Select Edit>Select>Select
All to select all controls
Select Edit>Select>Select Text to select all text
controls
Select Edit>Select>Select Columns to select all
columns
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Controls by position in a DataWindow object
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Select Edit>Select>Select
Above to select all controls above the currently selected control
Select Edit>Select>Select Below to select all controls below
it
Select Edit>Select>Select Left to select all controls
to the left of it
Select Edit>Select>Select Right to select all controls
to the right of it
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Displaying information about the selected control
The name, x and y coordinates, width, and height of the selected
control are displayed in the MicroHelp bar. If multiple controls
are selected, Group Selected displays
in the Name area and the coordinates and size do not display.
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