FormControl.widthMode Method

Definition

Overloads

widthMode(Int32)
widthMode()

Gets or sets the calculation mode of the width of the control.

widthMode(Int32)

public:
 virtual int widthMode(int _value);
public virtual int widthMode (int _value);
abstract member widthMode : int -> int
override this.widthMode : int -> int
Public Overridable Function widthMode (_value As Integer) As Integer

Parameters

_value
Int32

An integer value that indicates how the control width is calculated; optional.

Returns

Applies to

widthMode()

Gets or sets the calculation mode of the width of the control.

public:
 virtual int widthMode();
public virtual int widthMode ();
abstract member widthMode : unit -> int
override this.widthMode : unit -> int
Public Overridable Function widthMode () As Integer

Returns

An integer value that indicates the current calculation mode.

Remarks

Calculate the width according to the following table.

Mode Width calculation
Exact The exact width of the control in pixels is used.
Auto The width of the control is calculated automatically, and the value parameter is ignored.
Column width The layout of the form determines the width of the control.

The width of the control might change when the calculation mode is set to Auto or Column width.

The following example shows how to return and set the width calculation mode for a form control.

int nWidthMode; 
// The ctrl variable was previously assigned 
// as a form control variable. 
// Retrieve the width mode. 
nWidthMode = ctrl.widthMode (); 
// Set the width mode. 
ctrl.widthMode(-1); 
// Set the width. 
ctrl.widthValue(180);

Applies to