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VisualAge user interface parts

When constructing user interfaces, it is difficult to determine exactly which controls best fit your needs. The following list describes all of the visual parts you can use, from the parts palette, to lay out a graphical user interface.

Note:A number of additional VisualAge parts are available. Only those parts that are used for the basic construction of an application user interface are listed here.

Buttons category   Buttons category icon


Push Button icon

Push Button
Provides a choice that is activated when a user selects it.


Toggle Button icon

Toggle Button
Provides a properties choice with two clearly distringuishable states from which a user can select. This is also known as a check box.


Radio Buttonn Set icon

Radio Button Set
Provides a set of mutually exclusive choices from which a user can select only one.


Scale icon

Scale
Provides a continuous range of values from which a user can select.


Slider icon

Slider
Provides a continuous range of values from which a user can select along with displaying multiple scales.


Hot Spot icon

Hot Spot
Provides an invisible push button that you can place over images on forms. In Windows or OS/2, Hot Spots can also be placed over other visual parts in your user interface.

Data Entry category    Data Entry category icon


Text icon

Text
Provides a field that enables a user to type a single line of text. This is also known as an entry field.


Formatted Text icon

Formatted Text
Provides a field that enables a user to type a single line of text in a specified format.


Multi-line Edit icon

Multi-line Edit
Provides a field that enables a user to type multiple lines of text. This is also known as a multiple-line entry field.


Label icon

Label
Displays static text or graphic information.


Form Input Checker icon

Form Input Checker
Provides a nonvisual part that can be used to validate user input.


Spin Button icon

Spin Button
Provides a field where a user can either type a value in the field or scroll through a pre-determined set of values.

Lists category    Lists category icon


List icon

List
Provides a list of items from which a user can select only a single item.


Multiple Select List icon

Multiple Select List
Provides a list of items from which a user can select one or more items.


Drop-down List icon

Drop-down List
Provides a hidden list that lets the user select an item.


Combo Box icon

Combo Box
Provides a text field and a hidden list. The text field lets a user type a value, and the hidden list lets the user select an item.


Spin Button icon

Spin Button
Provides a field where a user can either type a value in the field or scroll through a predetermined set of vaues.


Container Icon Area icon

Container Icon Area
Provides a container in which users can manipulate objects that are displayed in no particular order or position.


Container Icon List icon

Container Icon List
Provides a container in which users can manipulate objects that are displayed in a single list format.


Container Flowed Icon List icon

Container Flowed Icon List
Provides a container in which users can manipulate objects that are displayed in a flowed icon list format.


Container Icon Tree

Container Icon Tree
Provides a container in which users can manipulate objects that are displayed in a tree format.


Container Details icon

Container Details
Provides a container in which users can manipulate objects that are displayed in a format that shows multiple columns of information for each object.


Container Details Tree icon

Container Details Tree
Provides a container in which users can manipulate objects that are displayed in a format that shows multiple columns of information for each object and is displayed in a tree format.


Packeting Container Details icon

Packeting Container Details
Provides a container in which users can manipulate objects that are displayed in a format that shows multiple columns of information for each object. If database packeting is enabled, packeting container details is used to assist in the management of packets of information resulting from a database query.


Container Details Column icon

Container Details Column
Provides a column that you can add to either the Container Details or Container Details Tree parts.

Menus category   Menus category icon


Menu Bar icon

Menu Bar
Provides a menu bar to contain menu bar items.


Menu Bar Item icon

Menu Bar Item
Provides a menu bar choice that displays a pull-down menu when the user selects it.


Popup Menu icon

Popup Menu
Provides a pop-up menu or a pull-down menu that you can associate with a part, a menu bar Item, or a Menu Cascade part.


Menu Choice icon

Menu Choice
Provides a menu choice for either a pop-up menu or Menu Bar.


Menu Cascade icon

Menu Cascade
Provides a menu choice that displays a cascaded menu when a user selects it. This is also known as a cascading menu choice.


Menu Toggle icon

Menu Toggle
Provides a menu choice with two clearly distinguishable states from which a user can select. This is also known as a checkable menu choice.


Separator

Separator
Displays a graphical line for separating menu choices. This part can also be used to display horizontal or vertical lines within your user interface.

Canvas category   Canvas category icon


Window icon

Window
Provides a window with a frame border that can contain other visual parts.


Form icon

Form
Provides an area that can contain other visual parts, but has no frame border. It can be embedded in a Window part.


Group Box icon

Group Box
Provides an area that displays a rectangular box for grouping related visual parts.


Scrolled Window icon

Scrolled Window
Provides an area that can be scrolled by the user and can contain one visual part, typically a Form part.


PM Notebook icon

PM Notebook
Provides an area that resembles a bound notebook and consists of pages that can contain other visual parts. It has the same appearance as an OS/2 Presentation Manager notebook.


Windows Notebook icon

Windows Notebook
Provides an area that resembles a bound notebook and consists of pages that can contain other visual parts. It has the same appearance as a Windows notebook.


Notebook Page

Notebook Page
Provides a notebook page that you can add to either of the notebook parts.

Win32 Common Controls   Win32 Common Controls icon

The Windows versions of VisualAge include a category for platform specific controls. These controls should not be used if you must achieve application portability between Windows and other platforms supported by VisualAge such as OS/2, AIX, HP-UX, or Sun Solaris.

Note:The Win32 Common Controls are only supported on the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 platforms.


Track Bar icon

Track Bar

Provides the user with the ability to select a discrete value or a set of consecutive values within a range.


Progress Bar icon

Progress Bar
Provides the means to graphically depict the progress of an operation by filling a progress area with small, solid rectangles.


Tab Strip icon

Tab Strip
Provides the capability to create tabbed dialog boxes when used in conjunction with the Tab control.


Tab icon

Tab
Is used as a component of the Tab Strip to create tabbed dialog boxes.


Tree View icon

Tree View
Provides the capability to display information as a hierarchy.


Tool Bar icon

Tool Bar
Provides the capability to create a tool bar when used in conjunction with the Tool Button.


Tool Button icon

Tool Button
Is used as a component of the Tool Bar to create a tool bar.


Tool Separator Button icon

Tool Separator Button
Separates tool buttons when used in conjunction with the Tool Bar and Tool Button controls.


Status Bar icon

Status Bar
Provides the capability to create a status bar that can be used to display various kinds of status information. A status bar may contain a maximum of sixteen Status Panes.


Status Panel icon

Status Panel
Is used in conjunction with the Status Bar to display various kinds of status information and messages such as those related to the state of your application.

Prompters category   Prompters category icon


Message Prompter icon

Message Prompter
Provides a dialog to display information or to obtain confirmation from a user.


Text Prompter icon

Text Prompter
Provides a dialog to solicit text information from the user that can be returned to the VisualAge application.


File Selection Prompter icon

File Selection Prompter
Provides a ready-made file open or save dialog that can be used to access the operating environment file system.

OS/2 and Windows categories

The OS/2 version of VisualAge and the Windows version of VisualAge include a category for platform specific controls. We recommend that you use the appropriate part from the other categories (the notebook parts from the Canvas category).


OS/2-Windows Notebook icon

OS/2-Windows Notebook
Provides an area that resembles a bound notebook and consists of pages that can contain other visual parts. It has the same appearance as an OS/2 notebook. This is only available in the OS/2 category in the OS/2 versions of VisualAge.


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