Question on PB Forms - Properties

[Andre Jacobs]

Hi Everybody,

How can I Programatically change the properties of a Dialog(or controls in a dialog), like color, Fonts, and Captions?

I wish to write an application for different Languages (Like German, English Etc.) And it would be the easiest to display the dialog with the correct language by using something Like:-

If Lang = a then ' English
dialog1.caption = "Programme Name"
dialog1.label1.caption = "Options"
ElseIf Lang = b then ' Dutch
dialog1.caption = "Program Naam"
dialog1.label1.caption = "Keuses"
End If


Is this possible?

Where would/could I find the descriptions/instructions of the variables to be able to do this?

[Chris Holbrook]

If you select the properties which you want using the Properties dialog (right-click on a dialog), you can then look at the generated DDT code under the View top-level menu, and see which statements are used to modify the appearence of the dialog.

[Walt Thompson]

Changing Button, Label and Frame Text

CONTROL SET TEXT hDlg, %Control, Text String

Where:
hDlg = DIALOG handle
%Control = Button, Label or Frame

Will change the text in %Object. In practice the user would choose the desired language from a list of languages:
English
Deutsch
Italiano
...

The program then selects and writes the appropriate text onto each control.

[Andre Jacobs]

Thank You,

I was looking in the PB Forms help and could not find anything about it.

On the basis of your reply I found it in the PB/Win Help. (Should have looked there first )

The "control set text" and "dialog set text" is EXACTLY what I was looking for