### Dialog/Window Styles

The Dialog/Window Styles dialog applies various styles to the dialog, notebook page or window you have selected or are creating.

Styles Tab
The first tab in the dialog, Styles, sets styles specific to the window or dialog you are creating. The Title entry field specifies the title-bar text and the ID entry field selects the ID symbol and value for the window or dialog. The Description entry field specifies a short description of the window or dialog. Code Page selects the code page that the window or dialog template should use.

Types:

- Parent Window provides the primary source of information in a program
- Child Window provides secondary information in conjunction with the main Parent Window of the program
- Dialog provides information to the user and allows the user to enter specific data to the program
- Notebook page provides information to the user and allows the user to enter specific data to a program associated to a specific notebook contained within a window or dialog
- Notetab page provides information to the user and allows the user to enter specific data to a program associated to a specific notebook contained within a Workplace Settings page

Relative:

- Window sets the relative position of the dialog box display position to that of its parent window
- Screen sets the relative position of the dialog box display position to that of the Desktop
- Mouse sets the relative position of the dialog box display position to that of the mouse

Notebook page Linkage:

- Parent selects the dialog box or window containing the notebook you want
- Notebook selects one of the notebooks found within the dialog or window you have selected

Auto help:

- Table ID specifies the ID of the help sub-table you wish to use
- Panel ID specifies the ID of the panel definitions you wish to use

Style Options:

- Title Bar includes a title bar in the dialog or window
- System Menu includes a system menu in the upper-left hand corner of a window or dialog
- Horz. Scroll Bar includes a horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the window or dialog
- Vert. Scroll Bar includes a vertical scroll bar at the right of the window or dialog
- Visible shows the window or dialog as soon as it is created
- Size Border allows the user to resize the window or dialog
- Border includes a simple border as the frame of the window or dialog
- Dialog frame includes a dialog box frame as the frame of the window or dialog
- System Modal designates the window or dialog box as a system modal. CAUTION: System modals should generally not be used by windows since the user will only be able to interact with that window and will not be able to select others that he or she has opened.
- Menu includes an action-bar menu in the window; not available for dialog boxes.
- Min button includes a minimize icon in the upper-right corner of the window. Note: The Min Box check box will only be available when you select Parent Window or Child Window.
- Max button includes a maximize icon in the upper-right corner of the window. Note: The Max Box check box will only be available when you select Parent Window or Child Window.
- Hide button includes a hide window icon in the upper-right corner of the window. Note: The Hide button check box will only be available when you select Parent Window or Child Window.
- Accelerators adds accelerators to the application. Note: The Accelerator check box will only be available when you select Parent Window or Child Window.
- Standard creates a Standard window including a Title Bar, System Menu, Size Border, Menu, Min/Max Box, Accelerators. Note: The Standard check box will only be available when you select Parent Window or Child Window.
- Shell position indicates that window size and position should be determined by the system when it is created.
- Auto Icon prevents the WM_PAINT message from being sent to the window when it is iconized
- DBCS status includes a status area at the bottom of the client window when the application is running on a DBCS-enabled system.

There are Cancel and Enter buttons along the bottom of the dialog box.

Distribution Tab contains four tabs if you are designing a window: Window, Menu, Accelerator table and Help tables; and two tabs if you are designing a dialog: Dialog and Help tables.

Font & Color Tab contains only a dialog tab

Bidi Tab (only available with Warp)