◄Summary► ◄Details► ◄Example► ◄Contents► ◄Index► ◄Back► ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Usage Notes ■ A frame provides a visual and functional grouping for controls on a form. For example, you can separate one group of option buttons from another group to make a form more readable. See: ◄Option Button Control► ■ To group controls, draw the frame first, then draw controls inside the frame. This technique allows you to move the frame and the controls together as a single object. ■ The movement of child controls is always relative to the movement of the container or parent object. See: ◄Container Definition► ◄Parent and Child Relationships► ■ To use a frame as a horizontal or vertical separator line, set its Height or Width property to 1. ■ Use the Caption property to assign a descriptive heading to a frame containing a group of controls. See: ◄Caption Property► ■ You can place up to 254 controls in a frame. ■ The minimum size of a frame allowed is 1 x 1. Dimensions correspond to the Height and Width property settings; specified settings that are less than the minimum value are set to the minimum value. A Height setting of 1 changes the appearance of the control: Height = 1 Height >= 2 ════════════ ════════════ ┌─Frame1───┐ ┌─Frame1───┐ └──────────┘ See: ◄Height Property► ◄Width Property►