Area

An Area is a Development Object that represents an area frame on a Form or Report component. It is used to group objects and style the area it encloses.

Characteristics

Characteristics
Icon:
Object type code:	are
Main Development Object?	No
Part of:	Form, Report, Component Entity
Contains:	Property, Component Entity, Area
Generalization:	Frame
Specializations:	None
Compilation Output:	—
URI format:	`cpt:ComponentName/are:AreaId`

Specialization

Area specializes Frame in the following ways:

It has no code container

Properties

Object properties:

Presentation properties:

The following properties can be used to style the area frame, based on the Widget Type:

Frame Widget Style Properties
Physical Property Name	Property
Attach	Attach to Window Border (attach)
BorderType	BorderType
BorderRadius	Border Radius (BorderRadius)
Color Properties
BackColor	Background Color (BackColor)
ForeColor	Foreground Color (ForeColor)
BorderColor	Border Color (BorderColor)
BackColorFill	Gradient Fill Style (BackColorFill)
BackcolorStart	Gradient Color Start (BackColorStart)
GradientStart	Gradient Start (GradientStart)
DropShadowColor	Drop Shadow Color (DropShadowColor)
Background Image Properties
BackImage	Background Image (BackImage)
Halign	Horizontal Alignment (Halign)
Valign	Vertical Alignment (Valign)
Hscale	Horizontal Scaling (Hscale)
Vscale	Vertical Scaling (Vscale)
PreserveAspect	Preserve Aspect Ratio (PreserveAspect)