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Toolbox controls

The toolbox on the left side of the user dialog window displays the standard Sax Basic controls. Select one of the controls and click in the dialog to place the selected control.

Select

Select Objects is the only item in the Toolbox that doesn't draw a control. When you select it, you can only resize or move a control that has already been drawn on a form.

Add Groupbox

Allows you to create a graphical or functional grouping for controls. To group controls, draw the frame first, and then draw controls inside the frame.

Add Text

Allows you to have text that you do not want the user to change, such as a caption under a graphic.

Add TextBox

Holds text that the user can either enter or change.

Add CheckBox

Creates a box that the user can easily choose to indicate if something is true or false, or to display multiple choices when the user can choose more than one.

Add OptionButton

Allows you to display multiple choices from which the user can choose only one.

Add ComboBox

Allows you to draw a combination list box and text box. The user can either choose an item from the list or enter a value in the text box.

Add ListBox

Use to display a list of items from which the user can choose. The list can be scrolled if it has more items than can be displayed at one time.

Add MultiListBox

Use to display a list of items from which the user can choose multiple items. The list can be scrolled if it has more items than can be displayed at one time.

Add DropListBox

Allows you to draw a combination list box and text box. The user can only choose an item from the list box.

Add Picture

Displays a graphical image from a bitmap, icon, or metafile on your form. Images displayed in an Image control can only be decorative and use fewer resources than a PictureBox.

Add OKButton

Creates an OK button the user can choose to accept entries and changes in the user dialog and to leave the user dialog. Only one OKButton is available.

Add CancelButton

Creates a Cancel button the user can choose to ignore entries and changes in the user dialog and to leave the user dialog. Only one CancelButton is available.

Add PushButton

Creates a button the user can choose to carry out a command.