EdgeStyle Property
Description
This property is used to give a 3-dimensional appearance to screen objects.
This is achieved by drawing the object with a grey or white background colour and by drawing a border around it using various combinations of black, white and dark grey lines. Note that this border is drawn outside a control but inside a Form or SubForm.
Note that EdgeStyle is not honoured for objects which have a natural built-in 3-dimensional appearance.
The value of the EdgeStyle property is a character vector chosen from the following :
'None' |
Object is drawn with no 3-dimensional effects and the EdgeStyle properties of its children are ignored (treated as None ). |
'Plinth' |
Object is drawn with a light shadow along its top and left edges and a dark shadow along its bottom and right edges. This gives the illusion of a raised effect. |
'Recess' |
Object is drawn with a dark shadow along its top and left edges and a light shadow along its bottom and right edges. This gives the illusion of a sunken effect. |
'Groove' |
Object is drawn with a border that has the appearance of a groove. |
'Ridge' |
Object is drawn with a border that has the appearance of a ridge. |
'Shadow' |
Object is drawn with a dark border line along its top and left edges. |
'Default' |
Object itself is drawn with no 3-dimensional border, but the values of the EdgeStyle properties of its children are observed. |
'Dialog' |
Used in conjunction with ( 'Border' 2 ), this gives a Form the appearance of a standard 3-dimensional dialog box. This setting applies only to a Form or a SubForm |
For the Root object, the EdgeStyle property
may be 'None' or 'Default'.
If EdgeStyle is 'None', screen objects are
drawn without 3-dimensional effects of any kind and the value of their EdgeStyle
property is ignored. If EdgeStyle is 'Default',
all controls are drawn using their default EdgeStyle properties.
Note that MsgBox, FileBox and the set-up dialog box associated with the Printer object are all drawn with 3-dimensional effects regardless of the value of EdgeStyle on Root. These objects do not have their own EdgeStyle properties.
If you set EdgeStyle to 'None' on the Root object, all your objects will (by default) be drawn without 3-dimensional
effects.