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:

Application shell 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

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