Attributes vs. properties
Forms, pages, and controls have attributes that define their behavior (for example, name, caption, width, and so on). These attributes are set at design time in ArcPad Studio and cannot be accessed or modified at run time via scripts. However, the form, page, and control objects do also have properties that can be accessed and, in some cases, modified at run time via scripts. Not all attributes have corresponding properties and not all properties have corresponding attributes. The following tables show the properties for the Form, Page, and Control objects and, where applicable, their corresponding attributes.
Form objects
The following table shows the properties and applicable attributes for Form objects:
Properties | Attributes | Notes |
|---|---|---|
ActivePage | N/A | |
Caption | caption | Read/write |
Fields | N/A | N/A |
hWnd | N/A | N/A |
Mode | N/A | N/A |
Name | name | Read-only |
Pages | N/A | N/A |
Page objects
The following table shows the properties and applicable attributes for Page objects:
Properties | Attributes | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Caption | caption | Read/write |
Controls | N/A | N/A |
hWnd | N/A | N/A |
Index | N/A | N/A |
IsActive | N/A | N/A |
Name | name | Read-only |
Parent | N/A | N/A |
Control objects
The following table shows the properties and applicable attributes for Control objects:
Properties | Attributes | Notes |
|---|---|---|
DefaultValue | defaultvalue | Read/write. The defaultvalue attribute is supported by the CheckBox, ComboBox, DateTime, DomainField, Edit, ImageBox, ListBox, Silder, and SymbologyField controls. |
Enabled | readonly | Read/write. The readonly attribute is supported by the CheckBox, ComboBox, DateTime, DomainField, Edit, ImageBox, ListBox, RadioButton, Slider, and SymbologyField controls. |
Field | field | Read-only. The field attribute is supported by the CheckBox, ComboBox, DateTime, DomainField, Edit, ImageBox, ListBox, RadioButton, and Slider controls. |
hWnd | N/A | N/A |
Index | N/A | N/A |
ListCount | N/A | N/A |
ListIndex | N/A | N/A |
Name | name | Read-only. All controls support the name attribute. |
Parent | N/A | N/A |
Properties | listtable | Read-only. The listtable attribute is supported by ComboBox and ListBox controls. |
Text | caption | Read/write. The caption attribute is supported by the Button, CheckBox, and RadioButton controls. |
Type | N/A | N/A |
Value | value | Read/write |
Visible | N/A | N/A |