Style

Style (PRIM_VS.Style)

Style used to define foreground and background appearance

Details

Styles are used to define the appearance of controls. They allow you to define the color of text, background colors, fonts, borders and other visual features.
 
Unlike its forerunner Visual Style, multiple Styles can be added to a control affecting only the features specified on the style. If the same feature of a style is applied using two different style instances, the last one to be applied will take precedence.
 
Only foreground features are adopted by child controls e.g. FaceName and TextColor. This means a facename applied at application level will be used throughout the application. If the size of the font needs to change, only the size need be specified on the style.
 
Styles can be created and applied directly to controls in components. However, this is counterproductive and leads to unnecessary complications. Instead, Themes should be used to define an overall application style, with individual styles being used for ad hoc and very specific requirements.
 
For modern LANSA applications running on the desktop under DirectX Visual Style has been superseded and should not be used.

Properties

Name	Description
BackgroundBrush	Brush to be used as the background
Bold	Bold makes text bold
BorderBottom	Width of the border to be shown at the bottom
BorderBrush	Brush to be used on the borders
BorderColor	BorderColor sets the color of grid borders
BorderLeft	Width of the border to be shown to the left
BorderRight	Width of the border to be shown to the right
BorderTop	Width of the border to be shown at the top
ComponentClassName	ComponentClassName is the name of the component's class. Inherited from Object (PRIM_OBJT)
ComponentMembers	ComponentMembers provides access to all the member components of this component Inherited from Object (PRIM_OBJT)
ComponentPatternName	ComponentPatternName is used to qualify the class of the component. Inherited from Object (PRIM_OBJT)
ComponentTag	Generic space allowing a value to be stored for the instance Inherited from Object (PRIM_OBJT)
ComponentType	ComponentType gives you access to the type information about the component Inherited from Object (PRIM_OBJT)
ComponentTypeName	ComponentTypeName is the fully qualified name of the component's class. Inherited from Object (PRIM_OBJT)
CornerBottomLeft	Width of the corner at the bottom left
CornerBottomRight	Width of the corner at the bottom right
CornerTopLeft	Width of the corner at the top left
CornerTopRight	Width of the corner at the top right
Cursor	Cursor to be applied when the mouse enters the control boundary
Effect	Reference to the effect to apply to the style
FaceName	FaceName is the name of the font
FontSize	FontSize sets the size of the font
FontUnits	Size of the font in pixels or points
FontWeight	FontWeight specifies the variation of the font to be used
ForegroundBrush	Brush to be used on the foreground text
Italic	Italic makes the font italic
LineColor	Line color applied to list row and column lines
MaskBrush	Brush to be used as an opacity mask
Name	Name identifies the component Inherited from Object (PRIM_OBJT)
NormBackColor	RGB color value or a LANSA specified color name applied to the background
Owner	Owner owns this component Inherited from Object (PRIM_OBJT)
Parent	The component instance to which this instance is attached. The visual container for a control or the collector of a set of child instances Inherited from Object (PRIM_OBJT)
Shape	Defines the appearance of the control
StrikeOut	Show the text with a horizontal line through each character
TextColor	RGB color value or a LANSA specified color name applied to the foreground text
Underline	Underline makes the font underlined

Events

Name	Description
CreateInstance	CreateInstance is signalled when an instance of a component is created Inherited from Style (PRIM_VS.Style)
DestroyInstance	DestroyInstance is signalled when an instance of a component is about to be destroyed Inherited from Style (PRIM_VS.Style)

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