Dependent ActiveX Objects and Collections

OBJECTS

A dependent object is one that is not created explicitly by the programmer, but is exposed by a createable object or control. Depending on which controls have been added to a project, the following True DBInput objects may also be available:

AttribStyle	Sets text character attributes such as bold, underline, and color.
Calculator	Provides a dropdown calculator at run time.
Calendar	Provides a dropdown calendar for entering dates at run time.
Caption	Eliminates the need to provide a separate Label control for each field.
Child	Provides the ability to apply 3-D effects (defined with the Effect object) to individual child controls placed within a container.
Day	Created when a new holiday or workday is added to a HolidayStyle object.
DropDown	Object used to manipulate a dropdown calendar, calculator, or text entry window.
DSTStyle	Sets the Daylight Savings Time attributes such as start day, end day, and so on.
Effect	Provides professional looking user-defined 3D effects, including inner and outer bevels, shadow settings, and so on.
HolidayStyle	Sets up holidays, forces holidays as workdays, and determines other holiday attributes.
Key	Determines the shortcut keys to be used in the control.
Spin	Allow you to add a spin-up and spin-down button to increment and decrement date entry.
StyleSet	Sets style attributes such as background color, 3D effects, text alignment, and more.
Weekday	Holds attribute settings for weekdays, such as background color, text color, caption, and so on.

COLLECTIONS

A collection is a special type of object used to group similar data items such as holidays, or visual objects, such as styles. In general, a group of similar items in True DBInput is implemented as a collection. Since a collection is an object, you can manipulate it in code just as you would any other object.

Depending on which controls have been added to a project, the following True DBInput collections may also be available:

AttribStyles	Contains zero or more AttribStyle objects.
Children	Contains zero or more Child objects.
Days	Contains zero or more Day object.
DSTStyles	Contains zero or more DSTStyle objects.
Effects	Contains zero or more Effect objects.
HolidayStyles	Contains zero or more HolidayStyle objects.
Selections	Consists of multiple dates selected in the Calendar control.
StyleSets	Contains zero or more StyleSet objects.