The Line (
) form object places a horizontal or vertical line in a form to separate groups of form objects.
) form object places a horizontal or vertical line in a form to separate groups of form objects.Enter the name of the Line object in the Name field.
Choose the orientation of the divider line in the Orientation list: Horizontal (the default) or Vertical. For the Horizontal divider, you can also add text that appears within the horizontal line. To add such text, select the Include divider text check box and enter text in the associated Text field.
In addition, the Settings window contains the following sections:
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From the Horizontal alignment list, choose Left, Center, Right, or Fill, which automatically expands the form object to fill the cell in the horizontal or vertical direction (where applicable).
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From the Vertical alignment list, choose Middle, Top, Bottom, or Fill, which automatically expands the form object to fill the cell in the horizontal or vertical direction (where applicable).
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The need to specify the alignment is most obvious when working in the grid mode, as it controls how the form object is aligned in its grid cell. Aligning the form object can be useful in the sketch mode too, and you can then use the alignment tools on the Arrange menu in the Form toolbar’s Sketch section. When running the application in any client other than the Windows client, the form objects may not be positioned exactly as seen in the Application Builder. This is because the form objects may have a different size in other clients, giving them a slightly different positioning. Specifying the alignment ensures that the form objects are aligned as you want them to be in all clients.
You can also specify the width of a horizontal line, unless you have chosen Fill from the Horizontal alignment list. Enter a width (in points) in the Width field. The Height field is unavailable because the height of the horizontal line is determined by the software. For a vertical line, you can instead specify the height, unless you have chosen Fill from the Vertical alignment list. Enter a height (in points) in the Height field. The Width field is then unavailable because the width of the vertical line is determined by the software.
Additionally, in the sketch mode, you can specify the line’s absolute position using the Position x and Position y fields. In the grid mode, you can position the object in the grid and see the grid position as the Row, Column, Row span, and Column span values.
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Under Cell margin (in grid mode only), you can control the margins around the form object. By default, the margins are taken from the parent form. From the Cell margin list, choose:
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None, to use no margin around the form object.
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From parent form (the default), to use the margins set for the parent form.
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From the Text color list, select a color to use for the divider text: Inherit (the default; the form object then uses the setting from the Form it is located in), any of the predefined basic colors, or Custom, which makes it possible to select a custom color from a color palette that opens.
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The font and the font size for the divider text use the font settings from the Forms node by default. Select a font from the Font list: Default font or any of the available fonts. If needed, choose or enter a font size (in points) in the Font size combo box. The default is to use the Default size for the font.
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Select the Bold check box to use a boldface font.
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Select the Italic check box to use italics (an italic font).
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Under State, you can control the initial state of the line when users run the application. By default, the line is visible and enabled. Clear the Visible or Enabled check box if you want to make the initial state so that the line is hidden or unavailable. You can then make it visible or enable it using a method.