Container

Properties | Methods

It serves as a parent element for grouping related controls into a single logical view(Frame).

It manages layout, alignment, and rendering for its child controls. Additionally, a container can function as a rendering host for dynamic content such as application screens, reports, and dashboards.

Properties

Appearance

Height

'height' Sets the height of the container

Custom

Link Detail

'linkdet' Used to load screens, reports, or dashboards inside the container control.

{ 
  "cntrordno": "10", 
  "cntrevent": "OpenScreen", 
  "cntrscrtype": 10, 
  "cntrslno": 3070102, 
  "cntrname": "Patient Disease Registry", 
  "cnttlbar": "false"
}

Setting	Property	Type	Description
Container Order No.	'cntrordno'	String	Order number of the UI (e.g., 10, 20, 30...).
Container Event	'cntrevent'	String	Method used for the UI call (e.g., OpenScreen).
Type of the UI	'cntrscrtype'	Int	Type of content to load: Screen (10), Report (20), Dashboard (30).
Object ID	'cntrslno'	Int	Object ID of the screen, report, or dashboard.
Name of the UI	'cntrname'	String	Name of the screen, report, or dashboard.
Toolbar Action	'cnttlbar'	String	Whether toolbar actions are enabled (TRUE/FALSE).

Right side Text

'rightsidetext' Used to set the text in right side corner of the Container

Caption style

'captionstyle' String defines how the container’s title or label appears visually

Property	Description
Font Weight	Thickness of the text (e.g., light, regular, bold) to control emphasis.
Font Size	Size of the caption text for clarity and visual hierarchy.
Icon	Optional symbol shown with the caption to add visual meaning.
Icon Location	Position of the icon (After Caption, Before Caption, Space Between).
Background	Fill or container behind the caption (solid, transparent, highlighted).
Color	Text and icon color for contrast and theme alignment.
Text Alignment	How text is aligned (left, center, right, justified).

Data

Source Link

'sourcelink' Used to reference or link to an external resource or a file (such as a document, spreadsheet, or media file) from within the container control.

Source Detail

'sourcedet' Allows to define whether the container is showing values from a database field, a calculated value, or another dynamic source.

Others

Allow Expand 'isexpanded' Boolean Enables or disables the expand/collapse behavior of the Container control.