FRM Widget Type (Field)
Type of widget to use for this entity or field in Form (and Report) components.
Widget Types
| Physical Widget (Logical Widget) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| udefentity (Default Entity Widget ) | Represents the fields and occurrences of the entity as a multi-occurrence list. | |
| egrid (Grid) | Represents the fields and occurrences of the entity within a grid framework, resembling a table. | |
| ucheckbox (CheckBox) | Used to select one of two or three previously defined values | |
| ucolorbox (ColorBox) | Used to enter and display a standard color | |
| ucolorlist (ColorList) | Displays a list of system or Web colors. | |
| ucombobox (Combo Box) | Used to select one item from a previously defined list, or enter user-defined data instead. | |
| ucmdbutton | CommandButton | Button that performs an action when clicked. By default, follows Windows look and feel. |
| HeaderButton | Button styled as a Windows column header. | |
| UnifaceButton | Button that can be styled as desired using many properties unavailable with other logical button widgets. | |
| udragdrop | DragSource | Source for drag and drop behavior. |
| DropTarget | Target for drag and drop behavior. | |
| udropdownlist (DropDownList) | Used to select one value from a list of alternative choices | |
| ueditbox (EditBox) | EditBox | Input field used to enter, edit, and display text. |
| NoEditBox | Edit box for styling a field that displays text but does not allow editing. For compatibly purposes. | |
| Message Box | Edit box for styling a field used to display a message. For compatibly purposes. | |
| ucontainer (FormContainer) | Used to embed a form within another form. | |
| uhtml (HTML Widget) | Renders HTML code (including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) or displays a web page. | |
| uhyperlink (Hyperlink) | Activates the detail trigger for the corresponding field | |
| ulabel | Label | Displays text on a component, such as the name of an associated field or an instruction to the user. |
| ulistbox (ListBox ) | Displays an open list in which one or more values can be selected. | |
| umap (Map) | Defines an area on an image that allows the user to interact by clicking on that area. | |
| umeter (Meter) | Displays the value of a field by representing the value as the hand of a gauge for which there is a predefined range of values marked around the outer edge. | |
| (umonthcalendar) MonthCalendar | Displays a calendar that allows the user to select a date. | |
| uOcxContainer (OcxContainer) | Embeds OCXs in Uniface applications. | |
| uOleContainer (OleContainer) | Embeds or defines links to OLE objects in Uniface applications. | |
| uoutputbox (OutputBox) | Displays streaming text data, including unicode-encoded data. | |
| upicture (Picture) | Displays an image. | |
| uprogressbar (ProgressBar) | Shows the progress of a process or action that is being executed. | |
| uradiogroup (RadioGroup) | Displays values as a set of mutually exclusive choices, each of which is displayed as a radio button. | |
| urtfeditbox (RichEditBox) | Used to edit and store, including font and color attributes, as rich text format (RTF). | |
| uslider (Slider) | Used to enter or modify a value by sliding an indicator in a set of a previously defined range of values. | |
| uspinbutton (SpinButton) | Displays a numeric value that can be increased or decreased by a predefined interval within a predefined range. | |
| utab (Tab) | Displays a tabbed container in which each tab contains a different form. | |
| utabex (TabEx) | Displays a tabbed container in which each tab contains a different form. It is highly-customizable, allowing extensive control over the appearance and behavior of the tabs. | |
| utree (Tree) | Hierarchically represents data; used for navigation through structured data | |
Description
The available widgets depend on the default project GUI, as defined in the general preferences.
