Properties Window

The project, its forms and the controls on those forms have information about them that can be edited in the Properties Window.

• If a change would affect the appearance of a form or control, the Design Screen will be updated.

• A short description of the property appears in the Help window below the Properties Window.

Project Properties

backgroundColor	Sets the default background color for all forms. Can be a color name, #RRGGBB, rgb(R,G,B), or transparent.
backgroundImage	Sets the default background pattern or image for all forms. Overrides the backgroundColor property. Works best if image is in the project folder. Do not use absolute paths. To stop image from repeating to fill the screen, put background-repeat:no-repeat; into the style property of Project Properties. Gradients like linear-gradient(#55aaee,#003366) can be set at design time or runtime. URLs like url(https://www.nsbasic.com/images/eiffel.gif) can be set at runtime only.
browserwarnmsg	Message which appears is app is run on an unsupported browser. If blank, the warning does not appear. See also browserWarningMessageAfterScript.
ChromeAppLaunch	Launch script for Chrome app. See Chrome Packaged Apps.
ChromeIcon	A 192x192 png file to use as an icon when running as an Android Chrome fullscreen app. Works best if the image is in the project folder. Do not use absolute paths.
ChromeManifest	Configuration information for Chrome Packaged Apps.
copyright	The copyright message. This will be placed in the generated code.
Debugger	Enable AppStudio Server Debugger?
defaultformsize	The default size used for new forms. If you want a size not on the list, set the height and width for each form in Form Properties.
description	Description of the project. Used in config.xml.
enableBrowserArrows	After ChangeForm, enable the back and forward arrows of the browser to move between forms.
EULA	The text of the End User License Agreement that the user has to agree to before the app will run.
extraheaders	Additional lines to the header. This is a good place to include extra JavaScript libraries.
FastClick	Built-in library that improves click event response time. Defaults to true.
firstform	The name of the initial form to display. If left blank, the first form is used. If the form specified no longer exists, it will be changed to the first form on the next deploy.
fontfamily	The default font for all controls. Default value is system, which uses the default font for each device. Android and iOS each have custom fonts: Roboto and San Francisco. To use a single font for all platforms, use something like Helvetica.
homescreenTitle	The title to be used for the app when saved to the Home Screen on the device. iOS only.
icon	The icon to be used when the app is saved to the launcher. For iOS, it should be 180x180. Works best if the image is in the project folder. Do not use absolute paths. Unix file names must be used: you cannot include spaces or invalid characters such as colon (":") or parentheses ("()").
language	BASIC or JavaScript. If BASIC, code is converted to JavaScript before running.
manifest	A list of files to be saved with the project. See “Distributing your App”.
manifestFile	“appcache” or “manifest”. “appcache” is recommended for all new projects.
obfuscation	Name of the external routine to obfucsate the runtime code.
ondeviceorientation	Function to call when device's compass orientation changes.
onorientationchnage	Function to call when screen rotated.
onresize	Function to call if browser window size changed.
onvisibilitychange	Function to call screen hidden or shown. May differ depending on device.
pathTo_jqWidgets	The path to the jqWidgets files. Should end in "/" if local path. See this blog post for changing the path to a local folder.
rtl	Use right to left language on controls?
script	Opens a Code Window with the Global Code for the project.
statusbar	The appearance of the status bar at the very top of the screen. Choices are default, black or black-translucent.
style	The style used by the body of the app. See the Style page for more info. Must be on a single line.
styleheaders	Opens an editor window for inserting CSS style info. No need to use <style></style> tags here.
theme	If jQuery Mobile is used, the default theme.
title	The public title of the program. Special characters like "&" are not allowed if compiling with PhoneGap.
version	Version number of app. User specified.
EXE Settings
AppPublisher	Must be a single line.
EXE icon	App Icon. Must be a .ico file.
EXE title	Page and Start menu title.
height	Height of app's window. Defaults to defaultformsize.
width	width of app's window. Defaults to defaultformsize.
Window Style	See WindowStyle for more info.
PhoneGap
BuildID	The ID assigned by PhoneGap Build.
configxml	Configuration information for PhoneGap Build. Includes things like icons, splash screens, autorotation (orientation) and more.
BuildID	Build number returned by PhoneGap Build.
Languages	Languages supported if PhoneGap project.
Splashscreen	The default splash screen for PhoneGap apps.
Version	Which version of PhoneGap to use. If blank, use the latest version.
WebApp Chrome
ChromeSplash	Include splashscreens for Chrome home page apps?
Display	How should the app appear? fullscreen, standalone, minimal-ui or browser.
Icon	A 192x192 png file to use as an icon when running as an Android Chrome fullscreen app. Works best if the image is in the project folder. Do not use absolute paths.
Orientation	Which orientation should the splash screen have? any, natural, landscape, portrait.
ThemeColor	Color for the header bar.

Code Module Properties

id	The name of the Code Module.
Language	The programming language used in the Code Module. Can be JavaScript, BASIC or PHP.
script	Opens a Code Window to edit the script.
src	Location of the external file this Code Module refers to.

Form Properties

See the Form page.

Control Properties

See the Properties and Methods page.

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