Web Page

) form object can display the contents of a web page as part of the user interface. You can, for example, use it to provide information about the application. Enter the name of the Web Page object in the field.

The window contains the following sections:

Source

You can specify the page source in three different ways from the list:

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Use the default option, , to enter HTML code in a text area below the list, enclosed by the <html> and
</html> start and stop tags.

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Use the option to point to a web page on the Internet, which you specify in the field.

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Use the option to point to a local file resource containing HTML code. Type the name of the file in the field or click to locate the file on the local file system.


	The file reference points to a file resource on the local system that may not be present when running the application. When saving, all file references are embedded into the MPH-file, so you do not have to distribute them along with the application. A running application always looks for embedded resources first.

Under you can see a preview of what the display of the web page will look like.

Appearance

Under , you can control the initial state of the web page object when users run the application. By default, the web page object is visible and enabled. Clear the or check box if you want to make the initial state so that the web page object is hidden or unavailable. You can then make it visible or enable it using a method.

Position And Size

This section contains all layout settings for a web page in the grid of the parent form.

You can control the horizontal and vertical alignment of the web page object using the following lists:

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From the list, choose , , or .

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From the list, choose , , or .

In the grid mode you can also choose , which automatically expands the form object to fill the cell in the horizontal or vertical direction (where applicable).

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 is useful in the sketch mode too. When running the application in any client other than the Windows client, the form objects may not be positioned exactly as seen in the form windows. 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 and height of the web page object. Enter a width (in points) in the field and a height (in points) in the field. If you have chosen from the list, you can instead specify a . Choose to compute the minimum width automatically (typically this means a minimum size of 0), or choose to specify a minimum width in the text field underneath. If you have chosen from the list, you can instead specify a . Choose to compute the minimum height automatically (typically this means a minimum size of 0), or choose to specify a minimum height in the text field underneath.

Additionally, in the sketch mode, you can specify the form object’s absolute position using the and fields. In the grid mode, you can position the object in the grid and see the grid position as the , , , and values.


	The form windows update these size and positioning settings through the draw operations performed there.

Cell Margin

Under (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 list, choose:

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, to use no margin around the form object.

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(the default), to use the margins set for the parent form.

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, to specify the margins for the form object in the and text fields.