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
| backgroundimage | The background image on the screen. Works best if the 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.
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| browserwarnmsg | Message which appears is app is run on an unsupported browser. If blank, the warning does not appear. See also browserWarningMessageAfterScript. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 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 114x114. Works best if the image is in the project folder. Do not use absolute paths. |
| id | The saved name of the project. The app is deployed under this name. |
| 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. |
| minimalUI | On iOS, make the app full screen when running in browser? Defaults to true. |
| obfuscation | Name of the external routine to obfucsate the runtime code. |
| PhoneGap configxml | Configuration information for PhoneGap Build. Includes things like icons, splash screens, autorotation (orientation) and more. |
| Phonegap BuildID | Build number returned by PhoneGap Build. |
| PhoneGap Languages | Languages supported if PhoneGap project. |
| PhoneGap Splashscreen | The default splash screen for PhoneGap apps. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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.
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