Specifications

CHAPTER 1 Working with InfoMaker
Users Guide 27
Using property pages
A property page is a page in a tabbed dialog box you use to set properties
associated with an object, painter, or tool by making changes in one or more
tabs in the dialog box.
About the Properties view
In the Report painter and Form painter, you set object properties in a property
page that displays in the Properties view. In other painters and tools, a separate
dialog box displays.
Example
For example, for a column in a report, you can set several different kinds of
properties (general, pointer, HTML, position, edit style, font, background
color, and display format) by clicking appropriate tabs in the Properties view:
Database profile Define and use named sets of parameters to connect to a
particular database. For information, see Connecting to Your
Database.
Query governor
(available by
customizing the
PowerBar)
Set data selection and retrieval preferences. For information, see
“Using the Query Governor” on page 48.
Tool What you use the tool for