Appearance Property

Returns or sets the paint style of the control.

Syntax

Object.Appearance [ = enAppearance ]

The Appearance property syntax has the following parts:

Name	Type	Description
Object	A control	A control object
enAppearance	enumAAppearance	An integer specifying the paint style

Where

enumAAppearance can be one of the following:

Name	Value	Description
aflat	0	The control will have a flat appearance.
a3D	1*	The control will have a 3D look.

Comments

Example

Control	0-Flat		1-3D
ACheckBox		Edges have a dark black border.		Edges look sunken.
AGroupBox		Edges have a black border around the groupbox.		Edges look sunken.
AImage
ALabel with BorderStyle=None		No border.		No border.
ALabel with BorderStyle=Single		Edges have a black border around the box.		Edges look sunken.
AListBox		Edges have a black border around the box.		Edges look sunken.
ALog with BorderStyle=None		No difference.		No difference.
ALog with BorderStyle=Single		Edges have a black border around the box.		Edges look sunken.
ARadioButton		The circle has a dark black border.		The circle looks sunken.
ATextBox		Edges have a black border around the box.		Edges look sunken.

The following statement is an example of code to change the Appearance of the AImage control:

img1.Appearance=a3D

Applies to

ACheckBox	AImage	AListBox	ARadioButton
AGroupBox	ALabel	ALog	ATextBox

See Also