Specify the justification (left, center, or right) for group box titles.
Specify the text associated with the edit box.
Put a title bar and caption on the dialog.
Put a system menu on the dialog.
Select the types of scrolling the edit box allows beyond its edges. Vertical scrolling allows text to scroll up and down. Horizontal scrolling allows text to scroll left and right.
Size the control to make it as large or small as the bitmap.
Size the bitmap to make it fit on the control.
Do not size either the control or the bitmap. If the bitmap is bigger than the control, the edges are cropped.
Select the state of the radio button when the dialog opens. Clear leaves the radio button unmarked and unactivated. Checked marks the radio button with a dark circle and leaves it activated.
Specify the text appearing on a push or pop-up button, or beside a radio button.
Select how text appears in the edit box (upper, lower, or mixed case).
Specify the text that appears in the title bar of the dialog. If you type a title longer than the title bar, it is cut off at the right edge.
Specify the text that appears next to the check box.
Create a check box that gives two possible states (on or off). When users click the check box, it automatically changes the state. No additional message is necessary in the macro. This is the most commonly used type.
Create a check box that gives two possible states (on or off). When users click the check box, it does not automatically reflect the change. You must send a message to the dialog within the macro to change the state of the check box.
Create a check box that gives three possible states (on, off, or indeterminate). When users click the check box, it does not automatically reflect the change. You must send a message to the dialog within the macro to change the state of the check box.
Create a check box that gives three possible states (on, off, or indeterminate). When users click the check box, it automatically changes the state. No additional change is necessary in the macro.
Specify the dialog class.
Allow users to enter text longer than the actual combo box without cutting it off.
Convert text typed in the control from the Windows character set to the OEM character set, then back to the Windows character set again. This ensures proper character conversion.
Create a combo box as a small, permanently open list with a thin, black border.
Create a combo box as a small list with a thin, black border when the user clicks the icon next to the edit control. A scroll bar appears if the number of items in the list exceeds the length of the list box.
Create a combo box as a static text field displaying the current selection instead of an edit control. Clicking the control displays the list. A scroll bar appears if the number of items in the list exceeds the length of the list box.
Accept or cancel changes the user made to the dialog box.
Allow users to enter numbers longer than the actual counter text box without cutting them off.
Automatically check entered numbers to ensure they fall within the acceptable range, and change unacceptable numbers to the nearest acceptable value when the user leaves the control.
Remove the incrementor/decrementor buttons.
Specify the minimum value possible for the counter.
Specify the maximum value possible for the counter.
Specify the increment the counter's incrementor/decrementor buttons use. For example, typing 5 causes each click on the Up arrow to increase the value in the text box by 5: 5, 10, 15, 20, and so on.
Specify the value the counter displays when the dialog opens.
Specify the unit the counter measures (i.e., centimeters, inches, points, and so on).
Specify the list of possible choices. Click Create/Edit List to add, replace, delete, and position items on the list, and to set the option selected when the dialog opens.
Automatically check entered dates to ensure they fall within the acceptable range, and keep the focus on the control until the user enters an admissible date and format.
Create a dialog that a user must dismiss to access features in the parent window. You can switch to another window using Alt+Tab.
Create a dialog that a user can leave open and still access features in the parent window.
Create a dialog that the user must dismiss before accessing any other functions.
Allow users to press Return inside the edit box to enter multiple lines.
Display characters as asterisks as the user types a password.
Display text the user cannot edit.
Allow text to wrap to the next line when it reaches the right edge of the text box.
Specify the sides of the edit box on which scroll bars appear. Use scroll bars with edit boxes to let the user see all the text entered.
Limit text entry to a single line in the edit box. Pressing Return moves the user to the next control.
Allow users to enter multiple lines of text in the edit box.
Limit text entry to the number of characters you specify. The system limit is 1 K.
Specify the path and filename of the bitmap image you want to use. Use the browse icon to select paths and filenames.
Display only folder and subfolder names in the browse list; all filenames are grayed.
Display folders, subfolders, and filenames in the browse list.
Allow users to enter invalid filenames without generating an error message.
Use with Path Only. Allow users to enter invalid paths and to create the folder or subfolder.
Specify the default folder and template for filename boxes. Click the folder icon to select folders.
Select a white, black, or gray fill and border for frames.
Remove the frame from around the dialog.
Put a thin black line around the dialog.
Put a Windows-standard dialog border around the dialog.
Put a thick border around the dialog with sizing areas on the corners and edges.
Select the type of frame you want to use. Using frames does not automatically group controls. Select Filled to fill the area inside the frame with a solid color. Select Frame to outline the area with a thin line.
Specify the Help file and Help key this dialog connects to. For example, you can tell this dialog to look for "MYHELP.HLP" and assign it a key included in the map and alias files for that Help system.
Select the buttons displayed on the dialog that appear when users click the folder icon. You must have these applications and options available in order for them to operate.
Display a button that opens QuickFinder.
Display a button that opens a dialog allowing users to change the appearance of the dialog.
Display a button that allows users to view files.
Display a button that allows users to copy, rename, delete, and otherwise manipulate files.
Specify the values for the color highlighted when the dialog opens. You can also click the color wheel and color bar to select colors.
Adjust the color (0=red, 240=blue, 360=green).
Adjust the amount of white and gray in a color.
Adjust the amount of color.
Specify the date displayed when the dialog opens. Click the calendar icon to select the date, or specify today's date.
Create a check box that is unmarked and unactivated when the dialog opens.
Create a check box that is marked with an X and activated when the dialog opens.
Create a check box that is filled with gray as the dialog opens. You must select Three-State or Auto Three-State from the type group box to activate this option.
Specify the justification (left, center, or right) for text inside edit boxes.
Display check boxes next to each item in a list box.
Allow users to select several separated items in the list box by pressing Ctrl while clicking.
Allow users to select contiguous items in a list box by dragging over them.
Precisely position a control in relation to the top-left corner of the dialog. The values you can use depend on the size of the dialog and are measured in dialog units. You can also select and drag controls to position them.
Record any events that occur during debugging.
These are the events that occurred during debugging, including the time and date.
Position the dialog in dialog units from the top-left corner of the parent window. Dialog units are based on the currently selected font for the dialog and on your screen resolution.
Position the dialog based on available screen space. For example, if you choose 50% for Left and 50% for Top, 50% of the available screen space will be on the left and 50% will be at the top of the dialog.
Specify the percent or number of dialog units the dialog is removed from the left edge of the window.
Specify the percent or number of dialog units the dialog is removed from the top edge of the window.
Specify the width of the dialog in dialog units. Dialog units are based on the currently selected font for the dialog and on your screen resolution.
Specify the height of the dialog in dialog units. Dialog units are based on the currently selected font for the dialog and on your screen resolution.
Specify the name of each control on a dialog. This is the name you use in the macro and in Help when referring to this control, so each control on the same dialog should have a unique name. Named Regions are case sensitive.
Display the name of the dialog. This is the name you use in the macro when calling and dismissing this dialog. Named Regions are case sensitive.
Create an OK button. Clicking this accepts the dialog settings and activates them. Selecting OK fills in the Text box automatically.
Create a Cancel button. Clicking this closes the dialog without implementing the changes. Selecting Cancel fills in the Text box automatically.
Create a Help button. Clicking this button calls the Help file associated with this dialog. Selecting Help fills in the Text box automatically.
Create a blank button and specify any name for it.
Create a button with two possible states (on or off). When users click the button, it does not automatically reflect the change. You must send a message to the dialog within the macro to change the state of the button.
Create a button with two possible states (on or off). When users click the button, it automatically changes state. No additional message within the macro is necessary.
Create a scroll bar that extends the length or width of the control automatically.
Create a scroll bar that appears at the left of the control.
Create a scroll bar that appears at the top of the scroll bar control.
Create a scroll bar that appears at the bottom of the scroll bar control.
Specify the smallest allowable value for scroll bars.
Specify the largest allowable value for scroll bars.
Specify how much each click on the scroll bar will change position.
Specify the initial position of the scroll bar.
Specify which types of files the Select File dialog displays in the List Files of Type combo box. This allows you to limit the types of files that users can choose to list: DOC (document files), SS (spreadsheet files), DB (database files), GR (graphics files), and All Files (*.*) (all files).
Enter the text you want to appear as static text on the dialog. Text longer than the display area is cut off at the right edge.
Select the style of control you want to use (WordPerfect or Windows).
Select the side of the radio button on which the text appears.
Select left, right, or center justification for static text. The text is justified in relation to the text area.
Select the side of the control on which the text will appear.
Create text that appears printed on the dialog without a border around it.
Create text that appears as white text on a darker gray, recessed background.
Create text that appears as black text on a raised, shadowed box.
Create text that appears with ellipses (...) replacing the middle of overly long pathnames.
Specify the name of the variable associated with the dialog control. Use this name in the macro when specifying the values for the variable.
Use this control to specify the path and filename of the file the viewer displays. Click the folder icon to select directories and files.
Display the line of code where the Debugger stopped the macro.
Continue playing the macro until the next defined breakpoint.
Go to the next statement in the macro, play it, then stop.
Go to the return of the next label.
Go to the next line after executing the current one.
Click to define breakpoints for the Debugger inside your macro. You no longer need to use the Step command.
Display all the variables that exist in the current routine. The local variables may have identical names in different user-defined routines. Click the column headings to change the way the variables are sorted. Double-click arrays to expand them. Click the variables to change their contents.
Display the variable type and contents.
Display local variables, which are defined inside the current routine and inside the current macro.
Display global variables, which are defined for all routines in all the macro files that execute with the current macro. Global variables end when the macros finish executing.
Display persistent variables, which are set for all macros running in the current session, independent or interconnected. Persistent variables end when you close the PerfectScript session.
Display and edit the contents of the currently selected variable. If you enclose the value in quotes (""), the variable will be updated with a string value. If you use only numbers without quotes, the variable will be updated with a numeric value.
Update the contents of the selected variable with the contents of the edit box. You must click Update to change the value of a variable. Updating the value of an alias updates the original instance of the variable.
Displays the labels, functions, or procedures that are currently in progress in reverse order with the most recent on top. Select a routine to cause the Variable list box to display the variables that exist in that routine.
Display all the breakpoints defined for the current macro. Click each one to make changes.
Remove all defined breakpoints.
Delete the selected breakpoint.
Disable a breakpoint to let the Debugger ignore it. Enable a breakpoint to return it to activity. Enabled breakpoints are checked, disabled breakpoints are not. You can also use the Spacebar or double-click to enable and disable a breakpoint. You cannot select multiple breakpoints.
Add the currently defined Location, Conditions, and Actions data as a new breakpoint. You must change the breakpoint's data before you can add it.
Update the currently selected breakpoint with the Location, Conditions, and Actions data you added or edited. You must change a breakpoint's data before you can update it.
Specify the type of breakpoint you want to use.
Specify which of the macro files involved in your macro will use this breakpoint. The list may change as the macro runs. You may type in other macro names (without a path). A blank applies the breakpoint to all macros.
Specify how many times (up to 99,999) to let a breakpoint go by before it stops.
Specify the label that the Debugger will stop at. You can also type in a label, with the correct capitalization.
Specify the variable to use as a breakpoint. You can break at every variable in every label, or just the label. Only variables inside the current routine will appear in the list, since each new procedure will have its own pool of local variables. You can also type in variable names, but they must use correct capitalization.
Specify the routine you want to use as a breakpoint.
Specify the .DLL to use as a breakpoint. The macro loads the .DLL, so all currently loaded .DLLs appear in the list. You can also type in a .DLL name (without a path). <all> or a blank uses every .DLL call as a breakpoint.
Specify a particular routine inside the .DLL you chose to use as a breakpoint. You may also type in a routine name, but you must use correct capitalization.
Select the product you want to use as a breakpoint. The list displays all products currently registered with PerfectScript.
Select commands from the list to use as breakpoints. The command list changes, depending on the product you selected.
Specify the line number to use as a breakpoint. You can specify any line number from 1 to 99,999. Each macro file renumbers the lines, so you can specify a certain line in a certain macro file, or stop at a specified line in all the macro files.
Specify the label to use as a breakpoint. The Debugger stops at the next return, implied or explicit.
Close the dialog box without recording any of the changes you made.
Specify the path and filename of the application where you want to run the macro.
Click the Help button to view an overview topic about this dialog box.
Close the dialog box and implement the changes you made.
Convert a macro into WordPerfect format for compiling and playing.
This is the macro file you selected to play or compile.
Specify the path and filename for the converted macro file. If you do not change the selected path and filename, the converted macro will overwrite the original macro file.
Dismiss the dialog box.
Double-click the product command you want to insert into the Command Edit box. Select another type to get a different list of product commands.
Select the parameter you want to insert into the Command Edit text box, then click Edit.
Select the member you want to insert into the Command Edit box, then click Edit.
Select the type of product commands you want to use.
Display the type of parameter currently selected.
Display the value of the currently selected member of a parameter.
Display the token the currently selected command gives to the program.
Double-click commands, then select parameters and enumerations. Click Edit to insert them into this box. Edit the command if necessary, then click Insert to put it into your macro at the insertion point.
Click to insert the currently selected parameter or member into the Command Edit box so you can modify it.
Click to insert the contents of the Command Edit box into your macro at the insertion point.
Automatically open the Debugger when you start a macro.
Automatically open the Debugger when the macro you are playing runs into an error.
Add debugging information to any warnings, errors, or other messages that display while you compile a macro.
Create a file listing each line in your macro with the corresponding line number. This is very useful for debugging macros, since the line numbers correspond to the line numbers the Debugger uses.
Specify the path and filename of the macro editor you want to use. The Editor and the file format you choose must match.
Select the file format your macro editor uses.
Return all General preferences to their original settings.
Specify the directory you want to use as the default macro directory.
Specify the default filename extension you want to use for macros.
Display the macro name, lines compiled, and types of errors while your macro compiles.
This is the macro that is currently compiling.
This is how many lines have been compiled.
These are the number of errors, warnings, and fatal problems your macro contains.
Stop the current compile without finishing it.
Continue the compilation without repairing the error.
This is the problem the compiler ran into. The description tells you what kind of error it is and briefly describes the problem and the line it appears on.
This is the location of the error the compiler ran into. It tells you which macro file to check and which line in the macro has the problem.
Click the format you want to use for recording macros. The format should match the macro editor you select.
Click the number of parameters you want per line.
Select to record all product prefixes when recording macros. The prefixes specify the application the macro should use when you play it.
Select to require named parameters while you record macros.
Specify the maximum length for lines in recorded macros.
Stop the macro you are currently running and debugging.
Click to create and edit breakpoints for the Debugger.
Create a new variable at this point in the macro.
These controls have specific help associated with them.
Expand an array so you can see and edit each variable within it.
This is the name of the macro file where this label, function, or procedure appears.
This is the line number in the displayed macro file where the label, function, or procedure appears. This line number corresponds to the line number in the .WCL file for this macro, but may be different from the line numbering in the original macro file.
Delete the selected variable. If it has content, you can also choose to set the content to undefined instead of deleting the variable entirely.
Click the type of variable you want to create.
Specify a name for the variable.
Specify a macro to compile, then click to compile the selected macro.
Click to add, delete, modify, and change the order of elements in the list.
Type or edit the item you want to add to the list, then click Add to insert the item into the list, or click Replace to change the list item.
These are the items currently in the list. Click items to select them.
Sort the list alphabetically.
Select the item you want to use as the highlighted option in the list when the dialog opens, then click Set Initial.
Insert the item in the List Item text box as a new entry in the list.
Replace the currently selected item with the contents of the List item text box. You can edit list entries by selecting an item, changing it, then clicking Replace.
Remove the selected item from the list.
Move the selected item one place up in the list.
Move the selected item one place down in the list.
This is the list item that will be highlighted when the list opens.
Select the state to determine whether the control will be checked, clear, or grayed when the dialog opens.
Specify the class of the custom control. Standard Windows classes include Button, ComboBox, Edit, ListBox, ScrollBar, and Static. Other controls such as Meters and Spin buttons must be defined in a DLL.
Allow a user to apply attributes (bold, italic, and so on) to text in the edit box.
Allow soft returns in a multiple-line edit box, causing text to wrap to the next line.
Do not allow users to enter tabs in the edit box. Pressing Ctrl+Tab moves the user out of the control.
Create a scroll bar that appears at the right of the control.
Type a value for the parameter, or click Value to allow the application to supply a number.
This is how your macro will appear.
Click to update the displayed macro so that it includes the parameter value you specified.
Apply your current Preferences settings without closing the dialog box.
Use the common Corel suite Open dialog instead of the Windows 95 open dialog.
This is the Toolbar for the PerfectScript Debugger. Use it to quickly access debugging features.
Specify the text for the custom control.
Click the type of measurement the Dialog Editor will use to size and position your dialogs.
Close the dialog on exit.
Set your animation options. Animation allows you to step through macros line by line, automatically bringing up the debugging dialog box at each step so you can check the variables and other calls. You can specify how long the Debugger will pause before moving to the next step. Clicking inside the Debugger halts the animation, as do any breakpoints you have specified. Click DebugAnimate to resume automatic play.
Type the text for a custom message.
Log custom event messages in the Debugger Event Log.
Remove the variable from the Variables list box.
Remove the contents of the variable but leave the variable in the Variables list box.
Log standard event messages in the Debugger Event Log.
Display the "&" character as itself. If you do not select this option, typing & changes the next letter into a mnemonic.
Specify a style for the custom control. The number in the text box defines a valid style within the control Windows class. For example, an edit control includes styles such as left, multiline, and password. The values for standard Windows styles are in the Windows SDK.
When you use DialogAddControl to add a custom control to a dialog box, the WS_CHILD (0x40000000) and WS_VISIBLE (0x10000000) style bits are added by default.
Put an "X" button on the title bar of the dialog so users can click to close it.
Invoke the Debugger when the macro reaches this breakpoint. If you do not select this option, the Debugger will not break into the macro; the breakpoint will simply be noted as an entry in the Event Log.
Type the comment you want to add to the event log, then click Add. The comment appears next in the event log display and in the .log file, if you save it.
Save the event log as a text file with a filename you specify and a default .log extension.
Remove all entries from the event log.
Connect to the online information and support service you selected.
If you have a modem, these instructions tell you how to use an online service to get more information about suite applications.
Click to configure an online service you selected so you can get more information about suite applications.
Sets the location, size, named regions, variables, and other propeties for the custom controls in your dialog box.
Choose a typeface and point size for all text on your dialog. The caption font remains constant for all dialogs. Changes in font size and style affect the size of the dialog.
Specify the sequence in which you want to tab through the controls. You must set the control order before grouping the controls.
Groups controls together. Defining a group box around a set of controls does not group them, and you must set the control order before grouping controls.
Specify the button you want to be activated when the user presses Enter on the control.
Specify the control that has the focus when the dialog opens.
Select the controls you want to tab to.
Enables you to step through code line by line. You can place the cursor over a variable to determine it's value.
