Properties are attributes of PowerCOBOL objects and controls. They determine behavior and appearance.
This section describes the make up of all the PowerCOBOL properties. The following information is provided on each property:
Property name: | The name of the property is the string used in the topic title. |
Description: | Describes the purpose of the property. |
Used in control(s): | Lists the controls or objects that have the property. |
Values (with constants): | Lists and describes the possible values for the property. Where relevant, the PowerCOBOL constants that can be used for the values are provided in parentheses beside the applicable value. For example for the AccessMode property: 0 - Read-Write access (POW-DB-READWRITE) This means you can use POW-DB-READWRITE instead of the numeric literal 0 in your code:
IF "AccessMode" OF CmDb1
= POW-DB-READWRITE ... |
Default value: | Gives the default value for the property. |
COBOL picture: | Provides the COBOL picture description for the property. |
OLE data type: | Gives the OLE data type of the property. |
Design time access: | Whether the property can be set and/or referenced at design time. |
Execution time access: | Whether the property can be set and/or referenced at execution time. |
Backward compatibility attributes: | The equivalent attributes (if any) from earlier releases of PowerCOBOL. Use the "Property name" rather than these attribute names when creating new applications. |
