Appearance Tab of the Form and Control Property Editor

The Appearance tab is available on the controls in the Detail Controls and Container Controls sections of the Form Palette. It is also available for the overall form as well as for headers, footers, and sidebars. This tab lets you fine-tune the appearance of cells and containers on the form.

Element	Description
Form features (Forms)	Select the check boxes to add an empty header, footer, left sidebar, and right sidebar to your form. After you select the check boxes, you can further specify the height or width: Select Fixed, Percentage, or AutoSize. For fixed, type the number of pixels for the sidebar width or the header or footer height. For percentage, type the percentage of width (sidebars) or height (footers or headers) in relation to the total form width or height. For autosize, the width and height are irrelevant and cannot be set.
Table settings (Forms, Container Controls, Headers, Footers, Sidebars)	Cell spacing. Specify the number of pixels that should be between cells. Cell margins. Specify the number of pixels that should surround the content of cells. Restore defaults. Restores the default value of 0 for the cell spacing, and 4 for the cell margins.
Container padding (Container Controls, Detail Controls, Headers, Footers, Sidebars)	Top. Specify the number of pixels that should be at the top of the container. Left. Specify the number of pixels that should be at the left of the container. Bottom. Specify the number of pixels that should be at the bottom of the container. Right. Specify the number of pixels that should be at the right of the container. Restore defaults. Restores the default values of 0 for the top, 20 for the left, 0 for the bottom, and 20 for the right.

Element

Description

Form features (Forms)

Select the check boxes to add an empty header, footer, left sidebar, and right sidebar to your form. After you select the check boxes, you can further specify the height or width:

Select Fixed, Percentage, or AutoSize.
For fixed, type the number of pixels for the sidebar width or the header or footer height.
For percentage, type the percentage of width (sidebars) or height (footers or headers) in relation to the total form width or height.
For autosize, the width and height are irrelevant and cannot be set.

Table settings (Forms, Container Controls, Headers, Footers, Sidebars)

Cell spacing. Specify the number of pixels that should be between cells.

Cell margins. Specify the number of pixels that should surround the content of cells.

Restore defaults. Restores the default value of 0 for the cell spacing, and 4 for the cell margins.

Container padding (Container Controls, Detail Controls, Headers, Footers, Sidebars)

Top. Specify the number of pixels that should be at the top of the container.

Left. Specify the number of pixels that should be at the left of the container.

Bottom. Specify the number of pixels that should be at the bottom of the container.

Right. Specify the number of pixels that should be at the right of the container.

Restore defaults. Restores the default values of 0 for the top, 20 for the left, 0 for the bottom, and 20 for the right.

Appearance Tab of the Form and Control Property Editor

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