Changing Form Properties

When you click a form's background (thus deselecting all of the controls in your form), you see a list of form properties in the property sheet. Changing these properties changes how your form appears and how it behaves at run time.

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change the title of the form that is displayed to the end user?	the Title Property property.
change the size or location of the form?	the Height Property, Left Property, Top Property, and Width Property properties. These properties are not currently used because of how WebFOCUS Maintain deploys applications.
add or remove standard window components to or from your form?	the MaximizeBox and MinimizeBox Properties, MaximizeBox and MinimizeBox Properties, ScrollBars Property, ScrollHeight and ScrollWidth Properties, ScrollHeight and ScrollWidth Properties, and Sizeable Property properties. These properties are not currently used because of how WebFOCUS Maintain deploys applications.
change the color of the form?	the BackColor Property property. a style sheet (see Using Cascading Style Sheets).
add an image to the background of the form?	the BackgroundImage Property property. See also Using Images. a style sheet (see Using Cascading Style Sheets).
change the font of all controls in the form?	the Font Property property to change the typeface, style, and size of the text. the ForeColor Property property to change the color of the text. a style sheet (see Using Cascading Style Sheets).
change what the cursor looks like when it is on top of the form?	the CursorPointer Property property.
display a tool tip when the cursor is on top of the form?	the ToolTipText Property property.
assign a help topic to the form?	the Help Property property. For more information, see Assigning Help to Your Forms and Controls.

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