Form Properties

The properties defined in the Form class are summarized in the following table.

Property	Description
allMenuItems	Contains an array of all menu items on the form
allowClose	Contains the status of the Control-Menu Close command
allowDocking	Controls the type of docking that is allowed by the window
backBrush	Contains the bitmap to tile the background of the form
caption	Contains the text displayed in the title bar of the form
clientHeight	Contains the height of the client area of a form in pixels
clientWidth	Contains the width of the client area of a form in pixels
clipControls	Specifies whether the Windows environment creates a clipping region that excludes controls contained by the object
controlBox	Specifies whether a Control-Menu icon is displayed on a form at run time
icon	Contains the icon displayed for a form or sheet at run time
ignoreSkinAllControls	Specifies whether the application skin is ignored for a form and all of its child controls, including dynamic controls
maxButton	Specifies whether a form has a Maximize button
mdiChild	Specifies whether a form is displayed as an MDI child form inside an MDI form
mdiClientScrollHorzPos	Contains the horizontal scroll positions of the MDI client windows of a form
mdiClientScrollVertPos	Contains the vertical scroll positions of the MDI client windows of a form
mdiFrame	Specifies whether the form is always built as an MDI frame
minButton	Specifies whether a form has a Minimize button
mdiPinned	Allows access from your application logic to the pinned status of a form
minimumHeight	Specifies the minimum height of the form in pixels
minimumWidth	Specifies the minimum width of the form in pixels
modalResult	Contains the returned value for the showModal method call in runtime forms that are initiated as modal
scaleForm	Specifies whether the form and all of its contents are scaled to match the current font scaling attribute
scrollBars	Specifies whether an object has horizontal or vertical scroll bars
scrollHorzPos	Contains the position of the horizontal scroll bar
scrollVertPos	Contains the position of the vertical scroll bar
secureForm	Specifies whether the form is secure
showMdiCloseAllButPinnedMenu	Specifies whether the Close All But Pinned command is displayed in the popup menu when a user right‑clicks on the caption of an MDI child form
showMdiCloseAllButThisMenu	Specifies whether the Close All But This command is displayed in the popup menu when a user right‑clicks on the caption of an MDI child form
showMdiCloseMenu	Specifies whether the Close command is displayed in the popup menu when a user right‑clicks on the caption of an MDI child form
showMdiDockMenu	Specifies whether the Dock command is displayed in the popup menu when a user right‑clicks on the caption of an MDI child form
showMdiFloatMenu	Specifies whether the Float command is displayed in the popup menu when a user right‑clicks on the caption of an MDI child form
showMdiPinMenu	Specifies whether the Pin command is displayed in the popup menu when a user right‑clicks on the caption of an MDI child form
topLevelMenuItems	Contains an array of all top‑level menu items on the form
webBrowserAutoRefreshInterval	Specifies the number of seconds after which the web page is automatically refreshed
webBrowserAutoRefreshURL	Specifies a string value containing the URL to invoke when the automatic refresh interval is reached
webBrowserDisableBackButton	Specifies whether the previous web page is displayed when the user clicks the Back button
webEncodingType	Contains the content type used to submit the form to the Jade application
webFileName	Contains the name of the background image displayed on a web page
windowState	Contains the visual state of a form window at run time

For details, see "Window, Form, and Control Properties", later in this document.