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The Imprint control is a static control that can be customized using a variety
of effects. You can draw an Imprint control on a Tab control or use as a
stand-alone control to add three-dimensional frames, borders, colors, or lines
by setting a few properties.
Adding Text | Frames
and Borders | Display Pictures
| Add Lines | Automatic
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You can add text to the border and/or imprint area
| The Caption property lets you display text in the imprint area of the
Imprint control, as shown in the following figure. |
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| You can display text in the border of the Imprint control using the BorderText
property. The text can be on any side of the border, and you can customize the
alignment and flip the text, as shown in the following figure. |
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| You can apply three-dimensional effects to the Imprint control's text in the
border and in the imprint area. |
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You can customize the Imprint control by adding a frame and/or
border.
| This Imprint control has a lowered, dark cyan frame that is 5 pixels wide, with
a 3-pixel three dimensional effect. |
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| The Imprint control can display a lowered or a raised effect. This Imprint
control displays a lowered effect by having lowered frame and lowered imprint
border styles. |
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| You can create additional inner and outer outline borders for the Imprint
control and set colors for them. |
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 You can have the Imprint control
display a bitmap, icon, or metafile tiled within the control. As illustrated in
the following figure, if the picture is smaller than the area in which it will
be displayed, the picture is tiled in the Imprint control.
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The Imprint control can be divided into different blocks or cells, allowing you
to display information in a grid format.
You can set any number of lines, both horizontally and vertically, set the
width of the lines, and add text within the cells you create. When you add
text, separate the text for each cell with the tab character. The text is
displayed to fill the cells from left to right, top to bottom.
| A grid created with lines displayed in the Imprint control. You can display
text within each cell in the grid. |
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 You can create an Imprint control that
automatically changes its size to fit its parent container, such as a form.
At the same time, you can also add space between the Imprint control and the
edge of the parent container.
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