T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Control Elements. Creating User Defined Dialog Boxes
default value of the “Level” parameter is “0”, the parameter “Layer” – “Main”, the font parameters – “By
default”.
The general parameter “Priority” is assigned automatically in the process of control element creation,
reflecting the order of creation: the first control is assigned priority “0”, next – “1”, etc.
Besides the general system parameters, control elements have a set of additional parameters:
Caption (the text displayed on the control);
Color of characters (in the cases of “Frame” and “Preview” – the color of the frame strokes or the box
background);
Background Color of the control element (for the element “Group Box” – the background color under the
group name);
Horizontal Alignment;
Vertical Alignment.
The two latter parameters define the caption text position with respect to the control element boundaries.
Some of the above-mentioned parameters are omitted in certain control elements. For example, the “Button”
control omits the parameter “Background Color”, while the “Group Box” does not require the parameter
“Vertical Alignment”, since the group name is always positioned along the top boundary. Note that, when
defining parameters of a particular control element, only its relevant parameters will be accessible in the
“Control Parameters” dialog box.
Some control elements also have their own specific parameters:
Frame:
Frame Type: frame or rectangle.
Edit Box:
Multiline EditBox – used for text variables only.
Permits entering multiple lines.
Show Expression. This parameter affects custom
dialogs when using variables. Usually, names of the
variables are not displayed in the dialog boxes,
when such variables or expressions are used as
parameters of the fragments being inserted into
assemblies. This option outputs name of a variable
in edit fields of the dialog boxes. At the same time
variable’s value or expression is displayed nearby.
Read Only. When this flag is turned on, the editor
will work in a regime “read only”, i.e., in the Edit
Box field the value of the connected to this field
variable will be shown but this value will not be
possible to modify.
Combo Box:
Editable – allows direct input of variable values without selecting from the list.
Check Box:
On – defines the value assigned to the variable when the box is checked;
Off – the value assigned to the variable when the box is cleared.
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