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Working With Forms
Position (struct)
position of control element (com.sun.star.awt.Point data structure)
The following example shows how the position and size of a control element can be set using the associated
shape object:
Dim Shape As Object
Dim Point As New com.sun.star.awt.Point
Dim Size As New com.sun.star.awt.Size
' ... Initialize Shape object, as previously shown ...
Point.x = 1000
Point.y = 1000
Size.Width = 10000
Size.Height = 10000
Shape.Size = Size
Shape.Position = Point
The shape object of the control element must already be known if the code is to function. If this is not the case,
it must be determined using the preceding code.
Control Element Forms
The control elements available in forms are similar to those of dialogs. The selection ranges from simple text
fields through list and combo boxes to various buttons.
Below, you will find a list of the most important properties for control element forms. All properties form part of
the associated model objects.
In addition to the standard control elements, a table control element is also available for forms, which enables the
complete incorporation of database tables. This is described in the Database Forms chapter.
Buttons
The model object of a form button provides the following properties:
BackgroundColor (long)
background color
DefaultButton (Boolean)
the button serves as a default value. In this case, it also responds to the entry button if it has no focus
Enabled (Boolean)
the control element can be activated
Tabstop (Boolean)
the control element can be reached through the tabulator button
TabIndex (Long)
position of control element in activation sequence
FontName (String)
name of font type
FontHeight (Single)
height of character in points (pt)
170 OpenOffice.org 3.2 BASIC Guide · March 2010