Properties
Each object has a set of associated properties. Properties are aspects or values of the object that you can change to meet your needs. For example, the form object, Label (informational text that is often used to identify a field) has the properties Text (the text of the message), font color and style, and alignment. All of these properties can be changed in various ways. The object Data Query (data retrieved from the Lawson Data Mining Engine for display in a custom page) has properties to create the query, determine selection criteria for records, and display output in the custom page. Each object and its properties are explained in the appropriate sections of "Using UI Designer" and "Using Custom Page Designer".
Selecting objects
When you double-click an object in the Toolbox, it is added to the design window.
With UI Designer, only objects that are available on the form that is being modified can be selected. Objects that are not available for a particular form are grayed out. The partial form clip that follows shows the Toolbox for a form in which the object Textbox is currently selected.
Working with properties
When an object is selected, its properties are available in the Properties pane. When you select a different object, the Properties pane updates to display properties for the new object.
You make changes for properties in several ways, depending on the property. For some, simply click and make changes as required. For other properties, you must click a hyperlink (usually identified as "...") to open a dialog box for making selections. When a Properties pane has a Custom button, you click it to open a dialog box of additional properties.