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CONSTANT.BI File
■ The following constants are initially defined as shown in the file
CONSTANT.BI:
Category Constant Value
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Booleans
TRUE -1
FALSE 0
Event parameters
• Button and Shift (KeyDown, KeyUp, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp):
SHIFT_MASK 1
CTRL_MASK 2
ALT_MASK 4
LEFT_BUTTON 1
RIGHT_BUTTON 2
• KeyCode (KeyDown, KeyUp) values return the same value as KeyAscii in
the KeyPress event procedure for keys corresponding to ASCII printable
characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ~,[,],{,},+,=). Return values will be the
ASCII value of the character. See: ◄ASCII Character Codes►
• Extended ASCII characters can be returned via KeyCode and KeyAscii
by holding down the ALT key, entering the ASCII number of the extended
ASCII character, then releasing the ALT key. Note: The NumLock key must
be on if the numeric keypad is used.
KEY_BACK 8
KEY_TAB 9
KEY_CLEAR 12
KEY_RETURN 13
KEY_SHIFT 16
KEY_CONTROL 17
KEY_MENU 18
KEY_PAUSE 19
KEY_CAPITAL 20
KEY_ESCAPE 27
KEY_SPACE 32
KEY_PRIOR 33
KEY_NEXT 34
KEY_END 35
KEY_HOME 36
KEY_LEFT 37
KEY_UP 38
KEY_RIGHT 39
KEY_DOWN 40
KEY_SELECT 41
KEY_PRINT 42
KEY_EXECUTE 43
KEY_SNAPSHOT 44
KEY_INSERT 45
KEY_DELETE 127
KEY_HELP 47
KEY_NUMPAD0 48
KEY_NUMPAD1 49
KEY_NUMPAD2 50
KEY_NUMPAD3 51
KEY_NUMPAD4 52
KEY_NUMPAD5 53
KEY_NUMPAD6 54
KEY_NUMPAD7 55
KEY_NUMPAD8 56
KEY_NUMPAD9 57
KEY_MULTIPLY 42
KEY_ADD 43
KEY_SUBTRACT 45
KEY_DECIMAL 46
KEY_DIVIDE 47
KEY_F1 112
KEY_F2 113
KEY_F3 114
KEY_F4 115
KEY_F5 116
KEY_F6 117
KEY_F7 118
KEY_F8 119
KEY_F9 120
KEY_F10 121
KEY_F11 122
KEY_F12 123
KEY_NUMLOCK 144
KEY_SCRLOCK 145
• State (DragOver):
ENTER 0
LEAVE 1
OVER 2
Function parameters
• MSGBOX parameters:
MB_OK 0
MB_OKCANCEL 1
MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE 2
MB_YESNOCANCEL 3
MB_YESNO 4
MB_RETRYCANCEL 5
MB_DEFBUTTON1 0
MB_DEFBUTTON2 256
MB_DEFBUTTON3 512
• MSGBOX return values:
IDOK 1
IDCANCEL 2
IDABORT 3
IDRETRY 4
IDIGNORE 5
IDYES 6
IDNO 7
Method parameters
• DRAG (controls):
CANCEL 0
BEGIN_DRAG 1
END_DRAG 2
• SHOW (form):
MODAL 1
MODELESS 0
Property values
• Alignment (label):
LEFT_JUSTIFY 0
RIGHT_JUSTIFY 1
CENTER 2
• BackColor, ForeColor (form, controls):
BLACK 0
BLUE 1
GREEN 2
CYAN 3
RED 4
MAGENTA 5
BROWN 6
WHITE 7
GRAY 8
BRIGHT_BLUE 9
BRIGHT_GREEN 10
BRIGHT_CYAN 11
BRIGHT_RED 12
PINK 13
YELLOW 14
BRIGHT_WHITE 15
• BorderStyle (form, label, picture box, text box):
NONE 0
FIXED_SINGLE 1
SIZABLE_SINGLE 2
FIXED_DOUBLE 3
SIZABLE_DOUBLE 4
FIXED_SOLID 5
SIZABLE_SOLID 6
• DragMode (controls):
MANUAL 0
AUTOMATIC 1
• FormType (form - Single Document Interface (SDI) vs. Multiple Document
Interface (MDI))
NORMAL 0
MDI 1
• MousePointer (form, controls):
DEFAULT 0
BLOCK 1
CROSSHAIR 2
IBEAM 3
ICON 4
SIZE_POINTER 5
LEFT_ARROW 6
SIZE_N_S 7
RIGHT_ARROW 8
SIZE_W_E 9
UP_ARROW 10
HOURGLASS 11
DOWN_ARROW 12
• ScrollBar (text box):
NONE
HORIZONTAL 1
VERTICAL 2
BOTH 3
• Value (check box):
UNCHECKED 0
CHECKED 1
GRAYED 2
• WindowState (form):
NORMAL 0
MINIMIZED 1
MAXIMIZED 2
SCREEN.ControlPanel array elements
ACCESSKEY_FORECOLOR 0
ACTIVE_BORDER_BACKCOLOR 1
ACTIVE_BORDER_FORECOLOR 2
ACTIVE_WINDOW_SHADOW 3
COMBUTTON_FORECOLOR 4
DESKTOP_BACKCOLOR 5
DESKTOP_FORECOLOR 6
DESKTOP_FILL_PATTERN 7
DISABLED_ITEM_FORECOLOR 8
MENU_BACKCOLOR 9
MENU_FORECOLOR 10
MENU_SELECTED_BACKCOLOR 11
MENU_SELECTED_FORECOLOR 12
SCROLLBAR_BACKCOLOR 13
SCROLLBAR_FORECOLOR 14
THREE_D 15
TITLEBAR_BACKCOLOR 16
TITLEBAR_FORECOLOR 17