Number Control

The Number control is a text box for entering a numeric value, and has the following properties:

Identifier. The unique identifier for the control. This is the identifier to use when referencing the control in the syntax template.

Title. An optional title that appears with the control. For multi-line titles or long titles, click the ellipsis (...) button and enter your title in the Title Property dialog.

Title Position. Specifies the position of the title relative to the control. Values are Top and Left where Top is the default.

ToolTip. Optional ToolTip text that appears when the user hovers over the control.

Mnemonic Key. An optional character in the title to use as a keyboard shortcut to the control. The character appears underlined in the title. The shortcut is activated by pressing Alt+[mnemonic key]. The Mnemonic Key property is not supported on Mac.

Numeric Type. Specifies any limitations on what can be entered. A value of Real specifies that there are no restrictions on the entered value, other than it be numeric. A value of Integer specifies that the value must be an integer.

Spin Input. Specifies whether the control is displayed as a spinner. The default is False.

Increment. The increment when the control is displayed as a spinner.

Default Value. The default value, if any.

Minimum Value. The minimum allowed value, if any.

Maximum Value. The maximum allowed value, if any.

Width. Specifies the width of the text area of the control in characters. The allowed values are positive integers. An empty value means that the width is automatically determined.

Required for execution. Specifies whether a value is required in this control in order for execution to proceed. If True is specified, the OK and Paste buttons will be disabled until a value is specified for this control. If False is specified, the absence of a value in this control has no effect on the state of the OK and Paste buttons. The default is False.

Syntax. Specifies the command syntax that is generated by this control at run time and can be inserted in the syntax template.

• You can specify any valid command syntax. For multi-line syntax or long syntax, click the ellipsis (...) button and enter your syntax in the Syntax Property dialog.

• The value %%ThisValue%% specifies the run time value of the control, which is the numeric value. This is the default.
• If the Syntax property includes %%ThisValue%% and the run time value of the number control is empty, then the number control does not generate any command syntax.

Enabling Rule. Specifies a rule that determines when the current control is enabled. Click the ellipsis (...) button to open the Enabling Rule dialog box and specify the rule. The Enabling Rule property is visible only when other controls that can be used to specify an enabling rule exist on the canvas.