Positioning

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Positioning

The syntax for exact placement is:

PLACEMENT { PROPPOS(n,n) PROPSIZE(n,n) }

PLACEMENT { LABELPOS (n,n) PROPPOS(n,n) PROPSIZE(n,n) }

Examples

In the following example, PROPPOS (4,12) puts the control 4 windows units horizontally, and 12 windows units vertically from the upper left-hand corner of the dialog. Or, to put it another way, 4 units to the left of the upper left-hand corner of the dialog, and 12 units down from that corner. PROPSIZE (150,40) makes the control 150 windows units wide and 40 windows units long.

PLACEMENT { PROPPOS(4,12) PROPSIZE(150,40) }

In the following example, LABELPOS puts the label for the control 4 windows units horizontally, and 2 windows units vertically from the upper left-hand corner of the dialog. The label, therefore, is the same distance from the edge of the dialog, but 10 windows units above the control.

PLACEMENT { LABELPOS (4,2) PROPPOS(4,12) PROPSIZE(150,40) }

Example from SAPROPS.CFG

The following text is a portion of the syntax from SAPROPS.CFG for the Entity Definition dialog.

CHAPTER "SQL Server Triggers & Table Segment" GROUP "Default Referential Integrity Triggers" LABEL "Default Referential Integrity" { LAYOUT { COLS 1 ALIGN LABEL TAB }

PROPERTY "Insert Trigger Name" { EDIT Text LENGTH 31 LABEL "Insert Trigger" PLACEMENT {LABELPOS(4, 24) PROPPOS(50, 24) PROPSIZE(110, 12)} }

PROPERTY "Update Trigger Name" { EDIT Text LENGTH 31 {LABEL "Update Trigger" PLACEMENT {LABELPOS(4, 38) PROPPOS(50, 38) PROPSIZE(110, 12)} }

PROPERTY "Delete Trigger Name" { EDIT Text LENGTH 31 LABEL "Delete Trigger" PLACEMENT {LABELPOS(4, 52) PROPPOS(50, 52) PROPSIZE(110, 12)} } }