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FormGroupControl.leftValue Method

Definition

Overloads

leftValue(Int32)
leftValue()

Sets or returns the horizontal position of a form group control in pixels.

leftValue(Int32)

public:
 override int leftValue(int _value);
public override int leftValue (int _value);
override this.leftValue : int -> int
Public Overrides Function leftValue (_value As Integer) As Integer

Parameters

_value
Int32

An integer value that indicates the horizontal position in pixels; optional.

Returns

Applies to

leftValue()

Sets or returns the horizontal position of a form group control in pixels.

public:
 override int leftValue();
public override int leftValue ();
override this.leftValue : unit -> int
Public Overrides Function leftValue () As Integer

Returns

An integer value that indicates the horizontal position in pixels.

Remarks

The horizontal position is not changed unless the left mode is set for an exact pixel value.

The following example shows a call to the leftValue method that sets the horizontal position to 50 pixels.

static void createForm(Args _args) 
{ 
    Args args; 
    Form form; 
    FormRun formRun; 
    FormBuildDesign formBuildDesign; 
    FormBuildDataSource formBuildDataSource; 
    FormBuildStringControl formBuildStringControl; 
    FormBuildGroupControl formBuildGroupControl; 
    FormGroupControl formGroupControl; 
    int idx; 
    DictTable dictTable; 
    CustTable custTable; 
    // Create the form header. 
    form = new Form(); 
    // Add data sources to the form. 
    dictTable = new DictTable(tableNum(custTable)); 
    formBuildDataSource = form.addDataSource(dictTable.name()); 
    formBuildDataSource.table(dictTable.id()); 
    // Create the form design. 
    formBuildDesign = form.addDesign("Design"); 
    formBuildDesign.caption("myForm"); 
    // Add controls. 
    formBuildGroupControl = 
 formBuildDesign.addControl(FormControlType::Group,"Group"); 
    idx = formBuildGroupControl.id(); 
    formBuildStringControl = 
 formBuildGroupControl.addControl(FormControlType::String,"String"); 
    // Add data fields to the controls. 
    formBuildGroupControl.dataSource(formBuildDataSource.id()); 
    formBuildStringControl.dataSource(formBuildDataSource.id()); 
    formBuildStringControl.dataField(2); 
    args = new Args(); 
    args.object(form); 
    //C reate the run-time form. 
    formRun = classfactory.formRunClass(args); 
    formRun.run(); 
    formRun.detach(); 
    formGroupControl = formRun.control(idx); 
    formGroupControl.leftMode(-1); 
    formGroupControl.leftValue(50); 
}

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