• Creating a Tabbed Control
• Creating Flyover Effects
• Disabling the Maximize and Minimize Buttons
• Dynamically Changing the Bitmap on a Button
• Placing ActiveX Controls
• Placing Check boxes, Radio Buttons, and Lists
• Placing Text Controls
• Placing Type-In Controls
• Setting Choices for Check boxes
• Setting Choices for Two State Buttons
• Setting Control Properties
• Specifying User Defined Choices
• Using the Button Genie
• Using the Drag and Drop List
• Using the Toolbox Panel

Placing ActiveX Controls

Description

You may place ActiveX controls developed by other companies onto Alpha Anywhere forms. To place an ActiveX control:

1. Select the following tool on the Toolbox.

   

2. Draw a rectangle on the form that represents the position and size of the control.

3. Select the control in the Insert ActiveX Control dialog and click Insert.

   Runtime applications have special requirements when using 3rd party ActiveX controls. See Using 3rd Party ActiveX Controls in Runtime Applications.

4. Right click on the form and select Properties... to set form-related Setup, Border, and Dimension properties.

5. Right click on the form and select ActiveX Properties... to set control-related properties. The contents of the resulting dialog depend entirely on the ActiveX control. See also Using ActiveX Control Events.

6. Right click on the form and select Show Xbasic to Set ActiveX Properties... to see how to write statements that will read or set control properties. You may copy entries and paste them into your script.

   

See Also

• Using the Toolbox
• Placing a Field on a Form
• Placing a Browser Control on a Form