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Appearance Property
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Appearance Property


See Also    DLL

Applies To

fpSpread control

Description

Sets or returns predefined border styles.

Syntax

C++

long CSpreadSheet::GetAppearance( )
void CSpreadSheet::SetAppearance(long value)

Visual Basic

[form.]fpSpread.Appearance[ = setting%]

Remarks

The Appearance property lets you use predefined border styles, some of which create a control appearance similar to standard operating environments' controls, as described in the following table.

This setting is applied to the entire workbook, including all sheets in the control.

The following settings are available:

Setting Description Constants
0 - Flat (Default) Creates a control with an outline border and no inner or outer three-dimensional borders, similar to Windows NT 3.5 AppearanceFlat
1 - 3-D Creates a control with inner and outer three-dimensional borders and no outline border, similar to Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0 and later Appearance3D
2 - 3-D with Border Creates a control with an outline border and inner and outer three-dimensional borders Appearance3DWithBorder

The BorderStyle property must be set to 1 (Fixed Single) for the Appearance property to have an effect.

Spread Designer

Choose the Book menu, then the Display menu, select the Display tab, and then choose an item from the Appearance drop-down list box in the Book Settings dialog box.

Data Type

Integer (Enumerated)

See Also

Changing the Three-Dimensional Appearance

BorderStyle property

DLL Correspondence

SSGetAppearance, SSSetAppearance functions

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