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# General

This General tab enables you to define the general properties of a form control. These properties differ, depending on the control type. Not all of the following properties are available for every control.

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தேர்ந்த படிவத் தனிமத்தின் சூழல் பட்டியைத் திற - கட்டுப்பாடு - பொது கீற்றைத் தேர்க

Open Form Controls toolbar or Form Design toolbar, click Control icon - General tab

If you export the current form document to HTML format, the default control values are exported, not the current control values. Default values are determined - depending on the type of control - by the properties' Default value (for example, in text fields), Default status (for check boxes and option fields), and Default selection (for list boxes).

## Action

You can use navigation actions to design your own database navigation buttons.

The following table describes the actions that you can assign to a button.

செயல் | விளக்கம்
ஒன்றுமில்லை | செயல் நடைபெறவில்லை.
படிவத்தைச் சமர்ப்பி | Sends the data that is entered in other control fields of the current form to the address that is specified in Form Properties under URL. Enter the URL into the form's data property "URL" text box when you export to a PDF file.
மீட்டமை படிவம் | முன்வரையறுத்த முன்னிருப்புகளுக்காக மற்ற புலங்களில் அமைவுகளை மீட்டமைக்கிறது. (முன்னிருப்பு நிலை, முன்னிருப்பு தேர்வு, முன்னிருப்பு மதிப்பு)
ஆவணம்/ வலைப் பக்கத்தைத் திற | URL கீழ் குறிப்பிடப்படுகின்ற URL ஐத் திறக்கிறது. நீங்கள் இலக்கு சட்டகத்தைக் குறிப்பிட சட்டகம் ஐப் பயன்படுத்தலாம்.
முதல் பதிவு | நடப்புப் படிவத்தை முதல் பதிவுக்கு நகர்த்துகிறது.
முந்தைய பதிவு | நடப்புப் படிவத்தை முந்தைய பதிவுக்கு நகர்த்துகிறது.
அடுத்த பதிவு | நடப்புப் படிவத்தை அடுத்த பதிவுக்கு நகர்த்துகிறது.
கடைசி பதிவு | நடப்புப் படிவத்தை கடைசி பதிவுக்கு நகர்த்துகிறது.
பதிவை சேமி | தேவையென்றால், நடப்புப் பதிவைச் சேமிக்கிறது.
தரவு உள்ளீட்டை நீக்கு | நடப்புப் பதிவியிலுள்ள மாற்றங்களை தலைகீழாக்குகிறது
புதுப் பதிவு | நுழை நிரைக்கு நடப்புப் பதிவை நகர்த்துகிறது.
பதிவை அழிக்கிறது | நடப்புப் பதிவை அழிக்கிறது.
படிவத்தைப் புதுப்பி | நடப்புப் படிவத்தின் மிகவும் சமீபத்தில் சேமிக்கப்பட்ட பதிப்பை மீண்டும் ஏற்றுகிறது.

## Alignment / Graphics alignment

The alignment options are left-aligned, right-aligned, and centered. These options are available for the following elements:

1. விளக்கச்சீட்டு புலங்களின் தலைப்பு

2. உரைப் புலங்களின் உள்ளடக்கம்

3. அட்டவணை கட்டுப்பாட்டின் நிரல்களிலுள்ள அட்டவணைப் புலங்களின் உள்ளடக்கம்

4. பொத்தான்க்களில் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகின்ற வரைவியல்கள் அல்லது உரை

   பொத்தான்களுக்கான சீரமைப்பு தேர்வானது வரைவியல் சீரமைப்பு என அழைக்கப்படுகிறது.

## Border

With control fields that have a frame, you can determine the border display on the form using the Border property. You can select among the "Without frame", "3-D look" or "Flat" options.

## Currency symbol

In a currency field, you can pre-define the currency symbol by entering the character or string in the Currency symbol property.

## Date format

With date fields you can determine the format for the date readout.

All format fields (date, time, currency, numeric) are formatted automatically in the selected format as soon as you leave them regardless of how you entered the input.

## Date min

Determines the earliest date that a user can enter.

## Default scroll value

Sets the default value for the scrollbar.

## Default selection

Specifies the list box entry to mark as the default entry.

For a Reset type button, the Default selection entry defines the status of the list box if the reset button is activated by the user.

For a List box that contains a value list, you can click the ... button to open the Default selection dialog.

In the Default selection dialog, select the entries that you want to mark as selected when you open the form that contains the list box.

## Default value

Sets the default value for the control field. For example, the default value will be entered when a form is opened.

For a Reset type button, the Default value entry defines the status of the control if the reset button is activated by the user.

## Font

For control fields which have visible text or titles, select the display font that you want to use. To open the Font dialog, click the ... button. The selected font is used in control fields names and to display data in table control fields.

## Frame

You can also specify the target frame to display a URL that you open when you click a button that has been assigned the Open document or web page action).

If you click the field, you can select an option from the list that specifies into which frame the next document should be loaded. The following possibilities exist:

Entry | Meaning
_blank | The next document is created in a new empty frame.
_parent | The next document is created in a parent frame. If no parent exists, the document is created in the same frame.
_self | The next document is created in the same frame.
_top | The next document is created in a top-level window, that is, in the highest frame of the hierarchy; if the current frame is already a top window, the document is created in the current frame.

The Frame property is relevant for HTML forms, but not for database forms.

## Graphics

An image button has a Graphics property. The Graphics property specifies the graphic's path and file name that you want to have displayed on the button. If you select the graphic file with the ... button, the path and file name will be automatically included in the text box.

## Help URL

Specifies a batch label in URL spelling which refers to a help document and which can be called with the help of the control field. The help for the control field help can be opened if the focus is positioned on the control field and the user presses F1.

## Help text

Provides the option of entering a help text that will be displayed as a tip on the control. The tip shows the text in user mode when the mouse is moved over the control.

For URL type buttons, the help text appears as the extended tip instead of the URL address entered under URL.

## Hide selection

Specifies whether a text selection on a control remains selected when a the focus is no longer on a control. If you set Hide selection to "No", the selected text remains selected when the focus is no longer on the control that contains the text.

## Icon Size

Specifies whether the icons in a selected Navigation Bar should be small or large.

## Incr./decrement value

Determines intervals to add or subtract with each activation of the spin button control.

## Line count

For combo boxes with the Dropdown property, you can specify how many lines should be displayed in the dropdown list. With control fields which do not have the Dropdown option, the line's display will be specified by the size of the control field and the font size.

## Literal mask

With masked fields you can specify a literal mask. A literal mask contains the initial values of a form, and is always visible after downloading a form. Using a character code for the Edit mask, you can determine the entries that the user can type into the masked field.

The length of the literal mask should always correspond to the length of the edit mask. If this is not the case, the edit mask is either cut off or filled with blanks up to the length of the edit mask.

## Max text length

For text and combo boxes, you can define the maximum number of characters that the user can enter. If this control field property is uncertain, the default setting will be zero.

If the control is linked to a database and the text length is to be accepted from the field definition of the database, you must not enter the text length here. The settings are only accepted from the database if the control property was not defined ("Not Defined" state).

## Mouse wheel scroll

Sets whether the value changes when the user scrolls a mouse wheel. Never: No change of the value. When focused: (default) The value changes when the control has the focus and the wheel is pointing at the control and gets scrolled. Always: The value changes when the wheel is pointing at the control and gets scrolled, no matter which control has the focus.

## Multiselection

Allows you to select more than one item in a list box.

## Navigation bar

Specifies whether to display the navigation bar on the lower border of table controls.

## Read-only

The Read-only property can be assigned to all controls in which the user can enter text. If you assign the read-only property to an image field which uses graphics from a database, the user will not be able to insert new graphics into the database.

## Record marker

Specifies whether the first column is displayed with row labels, in which the current record is marked by an arrow.

## Row height

In table controls, enter a value for the row height. If you want, you can enter a value followed by valid measurement unit, for example, 2 cm.

## Scroll value max.

Specify the maximum value of a scrollbar control.

## Scroll value min.

Specify the minimum value of a scrollbar control.

## Small change

Specify the value to add or subtract when the user clicks the arrow icon on the scrollbar.

## Strict format

You can have a format check with control fields that accept formatted contents (date, time, and so on). If the strict format function is activated (Yes), only the allowed characters are accepted. For example, in a date field, only numbers or date delimiters are accepted; all alphabet entries typed with your keyboard are ignored.

## Tab order

The Tab order property determines the order in which the controls are focused in the form when you press the Tab key. In a form that contains more than one control, the focus moves to the next control when you press the Tab key. You can specify the order in which the focus changes with an index under Tab order.

The Tab order property is not available to Hidden Controls. If you want, you can also set this property for image buttons and image controls, so that you can select these controls with the Tab key.

When creating a form, an index is automatically assigned to the control fields that are added to this form; every control field added is assigned an index increased by 1. If you change the index of a control, the indices of the other controls are updated automatically. Elements that cannot be focused (Tabstop = No) are also assigned a value. However, these controls are skipped when using the Tab key.

You can also easily define the indices of the different controls in the Tab Order dialog.

## Take Focus on Click

If you set this option to "Yes", the Push Button receives the focus when you click the button.

## Text lines end with

For text fields, select the line end code to be used when writing text into a database column.

## Time format

You can define the desired format for the time display.

## Time max

Determines a time which can not be exceeded by another value introduced by the user.

## Time min

Determines the minimum time that a user can enter.

## Tristate

Specifies whether a check box can also represent ZERO values of a linked database apart from the TRUE and FALSE values. This function is only available if the database accepts three states: TRUE, FALSE and ZERO.

The Tristate property is only defined for database forms, not for HTML forms.

## URL

Enter the URL address for a Open document or web page button type in the URL box. The address opens when you click the button.

If you move the mouse over the button in User mode, the URL appears as the extended tip, provided that no other Help text was entered.

## Value

In a hidden control, under Value, you can enter the data which is inherited by the hidden control. This data will be transferred when sending the form.

## Value max

For numerical and currency fields, you can determine the maximum value that the user can enter.

## Value min

For numerical and currency fields you can determine a minimum value to prevent the user from entering a smaller value.

## Visible

Defines whether the control will be visible in live mode. In design mode, the control is always visible.

Note that if this property is set to "Yes" (the default), this does not necessarily mean the control will really appear on the screen. Additional constraints are applied when calculating a control's effective visibility. For instance, a control placed in a hidden section in Writer will never be visible at all, until at least the section itself becomes visible.

If the property is set to "No", then the control will always be hidden in live mode.

Older OpenOffice.org versions up to 3.1 will silently ignore this property when reading documents which make use of it.

## Visible size

Specifies the size of scrollbar thumb in "value units". A value of ("Scroll value max." minus "Scroll value min." ) / 2 would result in a thumb which occupies half of the background area.

If set to 0, then the thumb's width will equal its height.

## அகலம்

Sets the column width in the table control field in the units that are specified in the LibreOffice module options. If you want, you can enter a value followed by a valid measurement unit, for example, 2 cm.

## அகலம்

கட்டுப்பாட்டின் அகலத்தை வரையறுக்கிறது.

## அச்சிடக்கூடிய

Specifies whether you want the control field to appear in a document's printout.

## அதிகபட்சம் தேதி

Determines a date which can not be exceeded by another value introduced by the user.

## ஆயிரம் பிரிப்பிகள்

With numerical and currency fields you can determine whether thousands separators are used.

## இடம் X

நங்கூரத்தின் தொடர்புடைய, கட்டுப்பாட்டின் X இடத்தை வரையறுக்கிறது.

## இடம் Y

நங்கூரத்தின் தொடர்புடைய, கட்டுப்பாட்டின் Y இடத்தை வரையறுக்கிறது.

## உதவி உரை

In each control field you can specify additional information or a descriptive text for the control field. This property helps the programmer to save additional information that can be used in the program code. This field can be used, for example, for variables or other evaluation parameters.

## உயரம்

கட்டுப்பாட்டின் உயரத்தை வரையறுக்கிறது.

## உரை வகை

Allows you to use line breaks and formatting in a control field, such as a text box or label. To manually enter a line break, press the Enter key. Select "Multi-line with formatting" to enter formatted text.

If you select the text type "Multi-line with formatting", you cannot bind this control to a database field.

This control is named "Multiline input" for a text column inside a table control.

## உள்ளீடுகளைப் பட்டியலிடு

Please note the tips referring to the keyboard controls.

The predefined default list entry is entered into the Default selection combo box.

Note that the list entries entered here are only incorporated into the form if, on the Data tab under List Content Type, the option "Value List" is selected.

If you do not want the list entries to be written to the database or transmitted to the recipient of the Web form, but rather assigned values that are not visible in the form, you can assign the list entries to other values in a value list. The value list is determined on the Data tab. Under Type of List Contents, select the option "Value List". Then enter the values under List Contents that are to be assigned to the corresponding visible list entries of the form. For the correct assignment, the order in the value list is relevant.

For HTML documents, a list entry entered on the General tab corresponds to the HTML tag <OPTION>; an entry of the value list entered on the Data tab under List Contents corresponds to the <OPTION VALUE=...> tag.

## எல்லை நிறம்

Specifies the border color for controls that have the Border property set to "flat".

## ஒப்பளவு

கட்டுப்பாட்டின் அளவுக்கேற்றவாறு அமைய பிம்ப அலவை மாற்றுகிறது.

## கடவுச்சொல் வரியுருக்கள்

If the user enters a password, you can determine the characters that will be displayed instead of the characters typed by the user. Under Password character, enter the ASCII code of the desired character. You can use the values from 0 to 255.

The characters and their ASCII codes can be seen in the Special Characters dialog (Insert - Special Character).

## கீற்று நிறுத்தம்

The Tabstop property determines if a control field can be selected with the tab key. The following options are available:

இல்லை | கீற்று விசையைப் பயன்படுத்துகையில், குவியம் கட்டுப்பாட்ட்டடைத் தவிர்க்கிறது.
ஆமாம் | கீற்று விசையைக் கொண்டு கட்டுப்பாட்டைத் தேர முடியும்.

## கீழே இழு

A control field with the dropdown property has an additional arrow button which opens the list of the existing form entries per mouse click. Under Line count, you can specify how many lines (or rows) should be displayed in the dropdown state. Combination fields can have the dropdown property.

Combo boxes that were inserted as columns in a table control are always dropdown as the default.

## சின்னத்தின் நிறம்

Specifies the color for symbols on controls, for example the arrows on a scrollbar.

## சுருள் பட்டை

Adds the scrollbar type that you specify to a text box.

## சுழல் பொத்தான்

Numerical fields, currency fields, date and time fields can be introduced as spin buttons in the form.

## செயல்படுத்தப்பட்ட

If a control field has the property "Enabled" (Yes), the form user will be able to use the control field. If the property is disabled, it will not be enabled (No) and will be displayed in a gray color.

## சொல் முறிப்பு

Displays text on more than one line. Allows you to use line breaks in a text box, so that you can enter more than one line of text. To manually enter a line break, press the Enter key.

## தசமத் துல்லியம்

With numerical and currency fields you can determine the number of digits displayed to the right of the decimal point.

## தன்னியக்க நிரப்பல்

The AutoFill function displays a list of previous entries after you start to type an entry.

## தாமதம்

Specifies the delay in milliseconds between repeating events. A repeating event occurs when you click an arrow button or the background of a scrollbar, or one of the record navigation buttons of a Navigation Bar, and you keep the mouse button pressed for some time. You can enter a value followed by a valid time unit, for example, 2 s or 500 ms.

## திசையமைவு

Specifies the horizontal or vertical orientation for a scrollbar or spin button.

## திரும்பச்செய்

Specifies if the action of a control such as a spin button repeats when you click the control and hold the mouse button down.

## நங்கூரம்

கட்டுப்பாடு நங்கூரமிடப்படும் இடத்தை வரையறுக்கிறது.

## நிலைப்படுத்தல்

Specifies to show or hide the positioning items in a selected Navigation Bar control. Positioning items are the following: Record label, Record position, Record count label, Record count.

## நிலைமாற்று

Specifies if a Push Button behaves as a Toggle Button. If you set Toggle to "Yes", you can switch between the "selected" and "not selected" control states when you click the button or press the spacebar while the control has the focus. A button in the "selected" state appears "pressed in".

## பதிவில் செயல்படுகிறது

Specifies to show or hide the action items in a selected Navigation Bar control. Action items are the following: Save record, Undo, New record, Delete record, Refresh.

## பாணி

Specifies whether Check boxes and Option buttons are displayed in a 3D look (default) or a flat look.

## பின்புல நிறம்

A background color is available for most control fields. If you click on Background color, a list will open which enables you to select among various colors. The "Standard" option adopts the system setting. If the desired color is not listed, click the ... button to define a color in the Color dialog.

## பெயர்

Each control field and each form has a Name property through which it can be identified. The name will appear in the Form Navigator and, using the name, the control field can be referred to from a macro. The default settings already specify a name which is constructed from using the field's label and number.

If you work with macros, make sure that the names of the controls are unique.

The name is also used to group different controls that belong together functionally, such as radio buttons. To do so, give the same name to all members of the group: controls with identical names form a group. Grouped controls can be represented visually by using a Group Box.

## பெரிய மாற்றம்

சுருள்பட்டையிலுள்ள வழுக்கியிந் அடுத்து பயனர் சொடுக்கும்போது சேர்க்க அல்லது குறைக்க வேண்டிய மதிப்பைக் குறிப்பிடவும்.

## மதிப்பு படி

You can preset the value intervals for numerical and currency spin buttons. Use the up and down arrows of the spin button to increase or decrease the value.

## முகமுடியைத் தொகு

பாங்கு புலத்தில் வரியுரு குறியீட்டைக் குறிப்பதன் மூலம், பாங்கு புலத்தில் பயனர் எதனை உள்ளிடலாம் என்பதை நீங்கள் தீர்மானிக்க முடியும்.

The length of the edit mask determines the number of the possible input positions. If the user enters characters that do not correspond to the edit mask, the input is rejected when the user leaves the field. You can enter the following characters to define the edit mask:

வரியுரு | அர்த்தம்
L | A text constant. This position cannot be edited. The character is displayed at the corresponding position of the Literal Mask.
a | The characters a-z and A-Z can be entered. Capital characters are not converted to lowercase characters.
A | The characters A-Z can be entered. If a lowercase letter is entered, it is automatically converted to a capital letter
c | The characters a-z, A-Z, and 0-9 can be entered. Capital characters are not converted to lowercase characters.
C | The characters A-Z and 0-9 can be entered. If a lowercase letter is entered, it is automatically converted to a capital letter
N | 0-9 வரையிலான வரியுருக்கள் மட்டுமே உள்ளிடப்பட முடியும்.
x | அனைத்து அச்சிடக்கூடிய வரியுருக்களும் உள்ளிட்டப்பட முடியும்.
X | All printable characters can be entered. If a lowercase letter is used, it is automatically converted to a capital letter.

For the literal mask "__.__.2000", for example, define the "NNLNNLLLLL" edit mask so that the user can only enter four digits when entering a date.

## முன்னிருப்பு உரை

உரைப் பெட்டி அல்லது சேர்க்கைப் பெட்டிக்கான முன்னிருப்பு உரையை அமைக்கிறது.

## முன்னிருப்பு தேதி

முன்னிருப்பு தேதியை அமைக்கிறது.

## முன்னிருப்பு நிலை

Specifies whether an option or a check box is selected by default.

For a reset type button, you can define the status of the control if the reset button is activated by the user.

For grouped option fields, the status of the group corresponding to the default setting is defined by the Default Status property.

## முன்னிருப்பு நேரம்

முன்னிருப்பு நேரத்தை அமைக்கிறது.

## முன்னிருப்புப் பொத்தான்

The Default button property specifies that the corresponding button will be operated when you press the Return key. If you open the dialog or form and do not carry out any further action, the button with this property is the default button.

This property should be assigned only to a single button within the document.

When using Web page forms, you might come across this property in search masks. These are edit masks that contain a text field and a Submit type button. The search term is entered in the text field and the search is started by activating the button. If the button is defined as the default button, however, simply hit Enter after entering the search term in order to start the search.

## முன்னொட்டுச் சின்னம்

Determines if the currency symbol is displayed before or after the number when using currency fields. The default setting is currency symbols are not prefixed.

## வடித்தல் / வரிசைப்படுத்தல்

Specifies to show or hide the filtering and sorting items in a selected Navigation Bar control. Filtering and sorting items are the following: Sort ascending, Sort descending, Sort, Automatic filter, Default filter, Apply filter, Reset filter/sort.

## வடிவமைப்பு

Specifies the format code for the control. Click the ... button to select the format code.

## வலம்வரல்

Specifies to show or hide the navigation items in a selected Navigation Bar control. Navigation items are the following: First record, Previous record, Next record, Last record.

## விளக்கச்சீட்டு

The Label property sets the label of the control field that is displayed in the form. This property determines the visible label or the column header of the data field in table control forms.

When you create a new control, the description predefined in the Name property is used as the default for labeling the control. The label consists of the control field name and an integer numbering the control (for example, CommandButton1). With the Title property, you can assign another description to the control so that the label reflects the function of the control. Change this entry in order to assign an expressive label to the control that is visible to the user.

To create a multi-line title, open the combo box using the arrow button. You can enter a line break by pressing Shift+Command Ctrl
+Enter.

The Title property is only used for labeling a form element in the interface visible to the user. If you work with macros, note that at runtime, a control is always addressed through the Name property.

## விளக்கச்சீட்டுப் புலம்

Specifies the source for the label of the control. The text of the label field will be used instead of the name of a database field. For example, in the Filter Navigator, Search dialog, and as a column name in the table view.

To define one character of the label as a mnemonic, so that the user can access this control by pressing the character on the keyboard, insert a tilde (~) character in front of the character in the label.

Only the text of a group frame can be used as the label field when using radio buttons. This text applies to all of the radio buttons of the same group.

If you click on the ... button next to the text field, you will see the Label Field Selection dialog. Select a label from the list.

கட்டுப்பாட்டுக்கும் ஒப்படைத்த விளக்கச்சீட்டுப் புலத்திற்கும் இடையேயுள்ள இணைப்பை அகற்ற ஒப்படைகள் இல்லை பெட்டியைச் சோதிக்கவும்.