Border
This property determines whether a border is displayed around the area frame, entity or occurrence frame, or field. It is set from the context menu in the form canvas.
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Technical Name: |
#border |
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Default Value: |
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No Border
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No border is displayed (default) |
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F (Entity
Border) |
Displays a visible border around each entity, with a reserved space of one character cell inside the border. If the object has a background color, this color is not applied to the inside reserved space. |
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O (Occurrence
Border) |
Displays a visible border and a space
between each occurrence. If the object has a background color, this color is not applied to the
inside reserved space. Applicable only for entity and area frames. |
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Note: In the examples, the Background Color property of the entity has been set to illustrate the effect of the Border property.
Description
This property sets a border around the selected object in the Canvas and at runtime.
Note: For entities and area frames, consider using the BorderType property rather than Border. For more information, see BorderType.
Limitations
The Border property has the following limitations:
- If there is not enough room for the border on
the canvas, the following message is displayed and no order is applied:
6469- The border setting has positioned a frame illegally in relation to the highlighted frame.
Alternatively, for entities, you can use the Border (small) property to apply a runtime border that is not visible in the Canvas, but this can change the frame positioning compared with the Canvas. For more information, see Border (small).
- If the Attach property is
true, the border is not resized when the entity or frame is resized. - If a background color is applied to the object, it does not affect the space reserved for the border.
Compatibility
If both the Border and BorderType properties are set, two borders are displayed.
