Anchor (Property)

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Anchor (Property)

In french: Ancrage

The Anchor property sets the anchors of a control. You can:

Identify the anchors currently set on a control in a window or report.
Change the characteristics of the anchors set on a control in a window.

Reminder: The anchors of a control define the control behavior (size and location) when the window or report is resized.

You can use multiple properties to set or get the anchor rate of a control. These properties are as follows:

This property is available for report controls only.

Example

// Define the anchor characteristics
// The control will be resized vertically and horizontally
LIST_List1.Anchor = anchorWidth + anchorHeight

Syntax

Getting the control anchors Hide the details

<Current anchor> = <Control used>.Anchor

<Current anchor>: Integer constant

Anchors set on the control:
anchorBottom The control moves to the bottom.
anchorHeight The control stretches to the bottom.
anchorRight The control moves to the right.
anchorTopLeft No action.
anchorWidth The control stretches to the right.
The anchorRight and anchorWidth constants can be combined with anchorBottom and anchorHeight.

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control used (in a window or report).

Changing the control anchors Hide the details

<Control used>.Anchor = <New anchor>

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control used (in a window or report).

<New anchor>: Integer constant

New anchors set on the control:
anchorBottom The control moves to the bottom.
anchorHeight The control stretches to the bottom.
anchorRight The control moves to the right.
anchorTopLeft No action.
anchorWidth The control stretches to the right.
The anchorRight and anchorWidth constants can be combined with anchorBottom and anchorHeight.

Remarks

Anchoring

Reminder: use anchors to set the control's size and position when the window or report is resized.

The new position and size are calculated based on the ones defined in the editor. They can also be returned by the XInitial, YInitial, InitialWidth and InitialHeight properties.

Remarks:

The Anchor property is not available for columns in Table or TreeView Table controls. The anchors of a column can be specified directly with the AnchorRateWidth property.
If the control is placed in a tab pane, the anchor is defined within the Tab control.

Limitations

The Anchor property can be used in all the controls of a window.

The Anchor property can be used in all the controls of a report. In this case, you can only get the type of anchors used.

The Anchor property can only be used in the following controls:

Button control.
Static control.
Edit control.
Image control.
Check Box control.
Radio Button control.
List Box control.
Combo Box control.
TreeView control.
Tab control.
Table control.
Supercontrol.