OverviewPropertiesAdvancedExamples
The Check Boxes Screen's properties dialog contains the following four tabs of properties you can set:
The text you want to appear at the top of the screen, above all of the check boxes.
The text you want to appear at the bottom of the screen, below all of the check boxes.
The control IDs of each check box on the current screen.
The text label of each check box on the current screen.
Note: Using the ampersand character (&) in a label's text will make the character to its right a mnemonic key for the control.
The LUA variable that each check box's state will be stored in.
Open the Check Box Properties dialog where you can add a new check box to the current screen.
Remove the currently selected check box from the screen.
Open the Check Box Properties dialog where you can edit the properties of the currently selected check box.
Move the selected check box up one position in the check box list.
Move the selected check box down one position in the check box list.
The number of check box columns you want to show. The maximum number of columns is 4.
The layout you want to have for the check boxes. Choose from:
Distribute the check boxes vertically from top to bottom.
Distribute the check boxes horizontally from left to right.
The supported language you want to translate the screen text for. You can click the select button ( ) to select a different language currently supported in your update.
Note: You can add additional language support from the Languages dialog which can be accessed by going to Project > Languages...
Tip: You can see how the screen will look at runtime by clicking the Preview button.
The screen's attributes tab contains generic settings such as its design-time name, window title, banner style and text and various button settings. The details of this tab's contents are explained in the Screen Attributes topic.
The Style tab is used to customize the screen's appearance beyond the global project theme.
Override the global project theme in order to customize the appearance of the current screen. These settings are the same as the Theme Properties dialog, except they only affect the current screen.
Note: Unchecking this option after changes have been made will restore the default theme settings. Any changes made to these settings will be lost.
Tip: If you are editing a screen and you have the Override Project Theme selected, you can right click on the screen preview and select "Save as Theme..." to save the created theme.
The Actions tab contains the action editor dialog where you can add actions or scripts to each event supported by the screen.
Note: Some events will already contain action script and should not be modified unless you want to customize the default behavior of the screen.
The check boxes screen contains the following screen events:
Tip: You can use the On Ctrl Message event to detect and respond to user interaction. See the Advanced topic for the list of control IDs and string IDs that are available on this screen.
Tip: You can click on one of the event names above for a full description.