FormGroupControl.width Method
Gets or sets the width of the control.
Syntax
public int width(int value, [int mode])
Run On
Client
Parameters
- value
Type: int
An integer that indicates the width of a form group control.
- mode
Type: int
An integer that indicates how the width is calculated. This can be one of the following values:
Return Value
Type: int
The width of the control in pixels.
Remarks
Exact mode is used if the value parameter is omitted. Calculate the width according to the following table.
Mode |
Width calculation |
|---|---|
-1 – Exact |
The exact width of the control in pixels is used. |
0 – Auto |
The width of the control is calculated automatically, and the value parameter is ignored. |
1 – Column width |
The layout of the form determines the width of the control. |
The width and the width calculation mode can be set separately.
Examples
The following example shows a call to the width method to set the control width to 200 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);
// Create the run-time form.
formRun = classfactory.formRunClass(args);
formRun.run();
formRun.detach();
formGroupControl = formRun.control(idx);
formGroupControl.width(200,-1);
}