Excalibur Software PropertyList 3.0

Property ItemType As ItemTypes

Description
Returns/sets the type of editing tools that will be available to the user when editing this item's value.

Valid values for this property are:

• ExPropStringValue - The property's value can be any string. The editing field is a textbox.
• ExPropNumericValue - The property's value is a number. Allowed characters are numbers, points (.), and dashes (-). The editing field includes a textbox. If this item's SpinIncrement property is greater than 0, there will also be a spin button tool next to the textbox.
• ExPropBoolValue - The property's value is a True/False value. The editing tool is a dropdown combobox that contains two items to choose from: True and False.
  See Also: TextFalse/TextTrue properties.
• ExPropBrowseButton - The property's value is a string that is determined by clicking on the Browse button. The editing tools are a textbox and a button with ellipses (...). The Browse event will be raised when the user double-clicks on the item or clicks on the Browse button.
• ExPropOleColor - The property's value is a color. This can be a normal palette color or a system color constant. The editing tool is a dropdown color picker which will display the colors available to the user, as well as allowing customization of the palette colors.
  See Also: PreDropWindow Event
• ExPropCustomList - The property's value is a programmer-defined set of available strings. The editing tool is a dropdown combobox displaying the strings that the programmer has specified in response to the NeedData event or the elements of the ListItems Variant array. This is similar to an enumeration in the Visual Basic Properties window.
• ExPropOwnerDraw - The property's value is programmer-defined. The PropertyList does not draw any part of this item, text or otherwise. It raises the DrawItem event to notify the programmer that the item should be drawn.
  The editing tool for this item type can be programmer-defined, or can use the PropertyList's textbox as a tool.
  See Also: ShowEditControl Event
    HideEditControl Event
• ExPropPropertyHeader - This property has no value or editing tool. This item type should be used to separate items into related groups, or "categories". All items after a header item and leading up to (but not including) the next header item will be considered by the PropertyList as being in the same category.
  See Also: ExpandableHeaders Property
  
• ExPropDatePicker - The property's value is date specifying month, day, and year. The editing tool is a dropdown date picker that allows the user to change the month, day, and year.
  Note: This item type uses the ComCtl32.dll MonthCal control, which requires ComCtl32.dll version 4.70 (Internet Explorer 3.0) or later, or Windows 98/2000 or later.
• ExPropFileDlg - The property's value is a string specifying a path and filename. The editing tools are a textbox and a Browse (...) button that brings up a File Open common dialog.
• ExPropFontDlg - The property's value is a string stored in a special format to preserve font information. The editing tools are a textbox that displays the font name and a Browse (...) button that brings up a Choose Font dialog.
  About the ExPropFontDlg Format
  The Value property of an ExPropFontDlg item is laid out thusly: Each attribute of the specified font is separated within the string by a null (Chr$(0)) character. The attributes are specified in the following order: Name, Size, Bold, Italic, Strikethough, and Underline. You can retrieve an actual Font object from the item's value by using the ValueFont property.
• ExPropMemoField - The property's value can be any string. The editing field is a dropdown textbox window in which multiple lines of text can be entered. The string "(Text)" (without quotes) is displayed in this item type's second column unless otherwise specified in response to the QueryCustomData event.
• ExPropFolderDlg - The property's value is a string specifying only a path. The editing tools are a textbox and a Browse (...) button that brings up the Browse For Folder common dialog.
• ExPropHTMLColor - The property's value is a color. This can only be a normal palette color. The value is displayed as an HTML color (hex number in the order of RGB) rather than the Visual Basic hex color format (BGR). The editing tool is a dropdown color picker which will display the colors available to the user, as well as allowing customization of the palette colors.