PRESPARAMS Statement

Syntax:

  PRESPARAMS presparam, value, presparam, value, ...

The PRESPARAMS statement defines presentation fields that customize a dialog box, menu, window, or control. PRESPARAMS data is a series of types and values. The window procedure of the dialog box, menu, window or control receives and processes this data when the item is created. The data for custom controls can be in any format.

presparam

Specifies a presentation-field type.
value
Specifies the presentation-field value.

Comments

PRESPARAMS is often used to supply data to control the appearance of the customized window when it is first created. For example, the PRESPARAMS statement may specify the colors to be used in the window.

Example

This example creates a menu resource with a menu identifier of 1. The PRESPARAMS statement specifies that the following three menu items be displayed in the 12-point Helvetica font.

MENU 1BEGIN
    PRESPARAMS PP_FONTNAMESIZE, "12.Helv"
    MENUITEM "New", 100
    MENUITEM "Open", 101
    MENUITEM "Save", 102
END

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