Align Property

Specifies the alignment of an ActiveX™ control (.ocx) on a form. Available at design time and run time.

OLEContainerControl.Align[ = nAlign]

Return Value

  • nAlign
    The settings for the Align property are:

    Setting

    Description

    0

    Standard alignment. The ActiveX control is placed in the same position as the OLE Container control on the form.

    1

    Top. The ActiveX control is placed at the top of the form.

    2

    Bottom. The ActiveX control is placed at the bottom of the form.

    3

    Left. The ActiveX control is placed at the left edge of the form.

    4

    Right. The ActiveX control is placed at the right edge of the form.

Remarks

Applies To: OLE Container Control

An ActiveX control (.ocx file) is placed in OLE Container control.

The Align property is only available for ActiveX controls that support changes to their alignment. Insertable OLE objects such as Microsoft Excel worksheets do not support the Align property.

The Align property is available only for ActiveX controls that are placed on a form.

If two or more ActiveX controls have the same Align property setting, the controls are stacked on top of each other.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Add OLE Objects to Applications

Reference

OLE Container Control

ActiveX Controls Overview

Alignment Property

Other Resources

Properties (Visual FoxPro)

Language Reference (Visual FoxPro)