Application Shell

An Application Shell is a Main Development Object that defines the main executable component of an application (Windows or character-based) or application server.

Characteristics

Characteristics
Icon:
Object type code:	aps
Main Development Object?	Yes
Part of:	—
Contains:	Property, Code Container
Generalization:	Main Development Object
Specializations:	—
Compilation Output:	ApplicationName.aps
URI format:	`aps:ApplicationName`

Specialization

Application Shell specializes Main Development Object in the following ways:

It contains no development objects

Properties

Common

The following properties are common to several types of application shell

Windows Application Shells

The following properties apply to a background image, if specified. Default values for these properties can be set using the Shell setting in the usys.ini file.

The following properties apply to the application window and other behavior:

Window and Other Properties
Property	Technical Property Name
Setup	Setup
Caption	Caption
Resizable (CanResize)	CanResize
Iconize (CanIconize)	CanIconize
Maximize	CanZoom
Dialog	Dialog
System Menu (SysMenu)	SysMenu
Close (CanClose) [APS]	CanClose
Maximized Forms	MaximizedForms
Background Color (BackColor)	BackColor
Message Line	MessageLine

Image Properties
Property	Technical Property Name
Background Image (BackImage)	BackImage
Foreground Color (ForeColor)	ForeColor
Horizontal Alignment (Halign)	HAlign
Vertical Alignment (Valign)	VAlign
Horizontal Scaling (Hscale)	Hscale
Vertical Scaling (Vscale)	VScale
Preserve Aspect Ratio (PreserveAspect)	PreserveAspect

Application Shell

Characteristics

Specialization

Properties

Triggers