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Checkbox Control Properties

The items are arranged in alphabetical order.

Item Significance
? Allows you to enter text that will be displayed in a ToolTip when the user pauses the mouse pointer over the control.
Appearance:

Flat

Gives a flat appearance to the control.
Appearance:

Has a border

Draws a line around the entire control and label.
Appearance:

Looks like a pushbutton

Instead of looking like a checkbox, the control looks like a pushbutton.  If it's checked, it looks like a pushbutton that's permanently pressed.
Appearance:

Multiline text

Allows the label text to wrap so that it can be displayed as multiple lines.
Appearance:

Sunken appearance

Draws a border around the control that makes it appear to be sunken.
Button position:

Checkbox on left (standard)

Displays the control with the button on the left and the label to the right.
Button position:

Checkbox on right

Displays the control with the button on the right and the label to the left.
Checkbox states:

On/Off (Standard)

Creates a checkbox that displays only two states; checked or unchecked.
Checkbox states:

On/Off/Indeterminate

Creates a checkbox that displays three states; checked, unchecked, and indeterminate (a gray check).

Indeterminate is used when the option controlled by the checkbox becomes superfluous because of some other option that was selected.

COBOL Field Name COBOL name of your control.  All of the fields in the panel copybook for this control will be prefaced with this name.
Label Text associated with the control.
Position label horizontally:

Center

Label text will be centered.
Position label horizontally:

Left justify

Label text will be left-justified.
Position label horizontally:

Right justify

Label text will be right-justified.
Position label vertically:

Bottom

Label text will be positioned near the bottom of the control.
Position label vertically:

Center

Label text will be centered vertically.
Position label vertically:

Top

Label text will be positioned near the top of the control.
Runtime behavior:

Return to program if changed

Causes GUI ScreenIO to return an event when the user changes the state of the control.  See hot fields.
Runtime behavior:

Tab stops here

Allows the user to tab to this control.

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