BorderStyle Property
Gets or sets the style of a control's border.
CommandButton
object.BorderStyle = [value]
Where object is an object expression that evaluates to one of the controls in the Applies To list, and value is a value or constant as described in Settings.
Client support
Newlook Smartclient
Newlook Server
Skin limitations
Not supported if Material skin is enabled.
A command button's BorderColor, BorderStyle and BorderWidth properties are ignored if the material skin is enabled. Under material design, command buttons are rendered with a consistent, flat back color and no border.
Use
This property is used to determine whether a control will render with a border and, if so, the visual style of that border.
be aware that:
Setting a CommandButton's BackColor property will override the Raised BorderStyle value (if set), and render the control as a flat button. If you want a command button to display in a 3D style with a colored background, use the Picture property to achieve the desired look.
Settings
The available settings for value for this control are :
|
Constant (Macros) |
Constant (Scripts) |
Integer Value |
Example |
Description |
|
None |
nlNone |
0 |
|
Don’t display a border. BorderWidth and BorderColor properties will be ignored. |
|
Raised |
nlRaised |
2 |
|
(Default) Display the current default system style for buttons. BorderWidth and BorderColor properties will not be applied. Note that the style may differ from the example on the left depending on the version of Windows you are running. |
|
Simple |
nlSimple |
3 |
|
Display a simple line border. |
NOTE:
Many of the BorderStyle values have been obsolete in 11.0. Refer to the table below.
The following values for BorderStyle for the command button are now obsolete from version 11 onwards:
Frame and MenuButton controls
Determines whether the control will be rendered with a border. Read-only at run-time.
object.BorderStyle = [value]
Where object is an object expression that evaluates to one of the controls in the Applies To list, and value is a value or constant as described in Settings.
Client support
Newlook Smartclient
Newlook Server
Skin limitations
Not supported if Material skin is enabled.
A menu button's BorderColor, BorderStyle and BorderWidth properties are ignored if the material skin is enabled. Under material design, menu buttons are always rendered without a border.
A frame control's BorderColor and BorderStyle properties are ignored if the material skin is enabled and the frame's Style property is set to FrameGroupBox. In this scenario, frames will render with a simple gray border.
Use
This property is used to determine whether a control will render with a border or no border.
Settings
The available settings for value for these controls are :
|
Constant (Macros) |
Constant (Scripts) |
Integer Value |
Description |
|
None |
nlNone |
0 |
Don’t display a border. BorderWidth and BorderColor properties will be ignored. |
|
Simple |
nlSimple |
3 |
Display a simple line border. |
NOTE:
Many of the BorderStyle values have been made obsolete in 11.0. Refer to the table in Settings below.
The following values for BorderStyle for the Frame and menu button control are now obsolete from version 11 onwards:
CheckBox, Label, OptionButton, Panel, PictureBox and TabPage
Determines whether the control will display with a border or no border. Read-only at run-time.
object.BorderStyle = [value]
Where object is an object expression that evaluates to one of the controls in the Applies To list, and value is a value or constant as described in Settings.
Client support
Newlook Smartclient
Newlook Server
Skin limitations
None. Supported in both Material and Classic skin.
Use
This property is used to determine whether a control will render with a border or no border. Note that for controls that have a BorderWidth property, this must be set to a value greater than 0 for a border to display.
Settings
The available settings for value for these controls are :
|
Constant (Macros) |
Constant (Scripts) |
Integer Value |
Description |
|
None |
nlNone |
0 |
Don’t display a border. BorderWidth and BorderColor properties will be ignored. |
|
Simple |
nlSimple |
3 |
Display a simple line border. |
NOTE:
Many of the BorderStyle values have been made obsolete in 11.0. Refer to the table in Settings below.
The following values for BorderStyle for these controls are now obsolete from version 11 onwards:
TreeView and ListView
Determines whether the control will display with a border or no border. Read-only at run-time.
object.BorderStyle = [value]
Where object is an object expression that evaluates to one of the controls in the Applies To list, and value is a value or constant as described in Settings.
Client support
Newlook Smartclient only.
Use
This property is used to determine whether a control will render with a border and, if so, the visual style of that border.
be aware that:
This properties can only be set for the TreeView and ListView controls at Design-time, they cannot be set or returned dynamically at run-time. Any logic returning this property will generate a run-time error.
Settings
The available settings for value for this control are :
|
Constant (Macros) |
Constant (Scripts) |
Description |
|
None |
nlNone |
Don’t display a border. |
|
Simple |
nlSimple |
(Default) Display a simple line border. |
NOTE:
Many of the BorderStyle values have been made obsolete in 11.0. Refer to the table in Settings below.
The following values for BorderStyle for the TreeView and ListView controls are now obsolete from version 11 onwards:
See Also
BorderColor property | BorderWidth property
Applies To
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