The Designer provides annotations that you can use to set comments that are displayed only at design time. By using annotations, developers can share design time information as comments.
Configuring of Annotations
The configuration is as follows.
- ConnectingLine
A line that connects the annotation with the cell in which the annotation is added. - AuthorInitials
The number is added after the AuthorInitials. By default, "Memo" is displayed. - AuthorName
Name of the annotation's author. By default, it displays the login user name (SystemInformation.UserName property) information. - SeparatorSymbol
Hyphen character that is displayed before the date. - Date
The date on which the annotation was created. By default, it is displayed in the [yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:SS] format. - CaptionBar
The area that displays the title of the annotation. - Shadow
Displays all the annotation with a shadow. - TextBoxEditing Control
This area is used to enter a comment. - Border
Border of the annotation.
Customizing Annotations
You can change the display of the AuthorInitials, AuthorName, and Date. You can change the display by setting the Annotations.AuthorInitials, Annotations.AuthorName, and Annotations.DateFormat in Designer Options.
Toolbar Operations
Annotations can perform the following operations, using the toolbar commands:
- Create
Creates an annotation for the selected cell. Cannot be operated if an annotation is already added to the cell that is selected. - Show/Hide
Shows or hides the annotation of the selected cell. Cannot be used if there is no annotation in the cell that is selected. - Show All/Hide All
Shows all or hides all the annotations on the Designer. - Delete
Deletes the annotation of the selected cell. Cannot be used if there is no annotation in the cell that is selected.
Limitations
- You cannot change the date or author's name of the created annotation.
- The font style of CaptionBar is displayed in italics. You cannot change the style.
- Annotations cannot be resized.
- The scroll bar is not displayed if a character string that is longer than the size of the annotation, is entered.
- Annotations do not support zoom.
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