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Configuring a Slider-Control Instance

You can change some basic characteristics of the Slider-Control widget’s appearance and behavior through its Property Sheet, if the default settings do not meet your needs.

To configure your Slider-Control object, begin by selecting it and choosing Tools Property Sheet. The dialog box opens:

Minimal Configuration

Although you can accept many default settings, there are some you should change:

Help

You can provide additional help to your users with these settings:

Geometry

Reflects the XY origin and size, in character units, of the Slider Control’s bounding box. By default, the object’s origin is considered to be the upper-left corner. You can elect to have AppBuilder consider the origin to be the upper-right corner instead, though this will not change the object’s actual position in any way.

Miscellaneous Properties (Other Settings)

There are a number of changes you can make to the Slider Control’s appearance and behavior if the default settings do not meet your needs:

Advanced Properties

A Slider–Control widget has only the standard Advanced Properties, but you can change those that do not meet your needs. See the "Advanced Properties" section in "Frequently Used Dialogs," for more information.


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