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How to Specify Video Properties

You can regulate the video properties of windows and controls by specifying how they will all look by default or by customizing the appearance of a window, a control, or a set of controls. Specifying default video properties provides a common look and feel for windows and controls throughout your application. Customizing the appearance of a window, control, or set of controls gives you the flexibility of changing the default to accommodate specific situations.

The video properties have the following order of precedence:

• Specify the default video properties for windows and controls in the Business System by selecting the Window option.

  Note: For more information about setting default video properties or for setting a style scheme for a set of controls, see the Toolset help.

• Override or replace the default video properties set in the Business System for a window or control using the Navigation Diagram.

  Note: For more information about overriding or replacing default video properties, see the Toolset Help.

• For web applications ( Java Web Generation and ASP.NET Web applications) only:

  Specify attributes that affect the appearance of the Web pages in the Business System by selecting the Web option.

  Note: For more information, see the Toolset Help.

• For your Java Web Generation applications only:
  • You can dynamically change a window's or control's CSS Class property using Dot Notation statements in the Action Diagram.

    Note: For more information about changing CSS Class properties dynamically, see the Toolset Help.

  • You can specify custom cascading style sheets, video properties for all standard CA Gen controls including GroupBox Lines, list boxes and tables, and video properties for message boxes. You can do so at the Business System level or for each instance of a control through the Navigation Diagram. You can also specify an external file containing cascading style sheet information at the Business System level by selecting the Java Web Generation option on the video properties panel.

    Note: For more information about specifying cascading style sheets and video properties for your web applications, see the Toolset Help.