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You can access the Selected Control property page from the Properties dialog for the or from the Properties dialog for a or object on the . "Selected Control" is the generic name that is given to the property page that is displayed when you click the top-most node in the left navigation pane of the Properties dialog. This property page specifies 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, right-click a blank area of the form, and then click Properties.
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Click 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, right-click the control or object, and then click Properties.
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Click the top-most node in the left navigation pane of the Properties dialog.
The properties that are available on the Selected Control property page vary depending on whether you opened it for the data entry form or for a control or object.
When you open the Selected Control property page 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 whether a data entry form is displayed for a print job.
Opens the When to Show dialog, where you can create the conditions that determine whether a data entry form is displayed during a print job.
Help Text
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Help Text: Specifies the user-defined content that is displayed as a tooltip for the data entry form.
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Display Help Text when user presses Help button or F1: Specifies that the user-defined tooltip is displayed on the print-time data entry form when the user clicks Help or presses F1 on the keyboard. The Help button is available on the data entry form when this property is selected.
When you open the Selected Control property page 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 is displayed as a tooltip for the control or object.
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Display Help Text when mouse pointer hovers over control: Specifies that the user-defined tooltip is displayed on the print-time data entry form when the user points to the control or object.
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When multiple controls and objects are selected, two Selected Control property pages are 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 that outlines it. The secondary selected objects are outlined with gray selection borders.
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