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The Selected Control property page is available from the Properties dialog for the , or from the Properties dialog for a or object on the . It is the generic name given to the property page that is displayed when you click the top-most node in the Left Navigation pane of the Properties dialog. It defines the global properties of the selected item (the control, object, or the form itself).
To access the Selected Control property page for the data entry form
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Double-click a blank area of the form to open the Form Properties dialog. Alternatively, click on a blank area of the form using the secondary mouse button and select Properties from the .
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Select the top-most node in the Left Navigation pane of the Form Properties dialog.
To access the Selected Control property page for a data entry control or object
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Double-click the control or object to open its Properties dialog. Alternatively, click on the control or object using the secondary mouse button and select Properties from the context menu.
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Select the top-most node in the Left Navigation pane of the Properties dialog.
The properties available on the Selected Control property page vary depending on whether you've opened it for the data entry form or for a control or object.
When the Selected Control property page is opened for a data entry form, the following options are available:
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Object Name: Specifies a user-defined name for the form.
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Comments: Specifies a user-defined comment for the form.
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Show When: Specifies the conditions that determine if a data entry form will be displayed for a print job.
Opens the When to Show dialog, where you can create the conditions that determine if a data entry form is displayed during a print job.
Help Text
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Help Text: Specifies the user-defined content that will be displayed as a tooltip for the data entry form.
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Display Help Text when user presses Help button or F1: When enabled, the user-defined tooltip is displayed on the print-time data entry form when the user clicks the Help button or presses the F1 function key on the keyboard. The Help button is available on the data entry form when this property is enabled.
When the Selected Control property page is opened for a control or object, the following options are available:
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Object Name: Specifies a user-defined name for the control or object.
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Comments: Specifies a user-defined comment for the control or object. The comment appears in the status bar in the Data Entry Form view when the control or object is selected.
Help Text
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Help Text: Specifies the user-defined content that will be displayed as a tooltip for the control or object.
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Display Help Text when mouse pointer hovers over control: When enabled, the user-defined tooltip is displayed on the print-time data entry form when the user places the cursor over the control or object.
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When multiple controls and objects are selected, there are two Selected Control property pages available: one for all selected objects and another for the master selected object. You can recognize the master selected object by the green selection border outlining it: the secondary selected objects are outlined with gray selection borders.
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