The Custom screen's properties dialog contains the following four tabs of properties you can set:
Add a new control to the current screen. When a control is selected, the mouse pointer turns to cross hairs and the control will be created where you click on the screen. The following controls are available:
Tip: You can also add a control by right-clicking on the screen and selecting Add > <Control Name>.
Add a new Button control to the current screen. You can edit its properties on the Button Properties dialog which can be opened by either clicking the Edit button, or double-clicking the control.
Add a new Check Box control to the current screen. You can edit its properties on the Check Box Properties dialog which can be opened by either clicking the Edit button, or double-clicking the control.
Add a new Combo Box control to the current screen. You can edit its properties on the Combo Box Properties dialog which can be opened by either clicking the Edit button, or double-clicking the control.
Add a new Edit Field control to the current screen. You can edit its properties on the Edit Properties dialog which can be opened by either clicking the Edit button, or double-clicking the control.
Add a new Group Box control to the current screen. You can edit its properties on the Group Box Properties dialog which can be opened by either clicking the Edit button, or double-clicking the control.
Add a new List Box control to the current screen. You can edit its properties on the List Box Properties dialog which can be opened by either clicking the Edit button, or double-clicking the control.
Add a new Progress Bar control to the current screen. You can edit its properties on the Progress Bar Properties dialog which can be opened by either clicking the Edit button, or double-clicking the control.
Add a new Radio Button control to the current screen. You can edit its properties on the Radio Button Properties dialog which can be opened by either clicking the Edit button, or double-clicking the control.
Add a new Scrolling Text control to the current screen. You can edit its properties on the Scrollable Text Properties dialog which can be opened by either clicking the Edit button, or double-clicking the control.
Add a new Static Text control to the current screen. You can edit its properties on the Text Properties dialog which can be opened by either clicking the Edit button, or double-clicking the control.
Opens the selected control's properties dialog so you can edit its settings. You can select a control by either clicking on it on the screen, or selecting its ID from the drop down.
Remove the selected control from the screen.
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 Custom 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.