Rectangle Object Properties

You can add a Rectangle to a page, for example to visually group other objects on a form. After you add a rectangle, you can modify its properties to change its appearance.

Property

Function

BackgroundColor

Specifies a background color for the object. Select a color from one of the tabs in the drop-down list. Note that you can specify a custom color. If you change this value, you can restore the default value specified for the parent object by right-clicking the property and clicking "Reset" on the context menu.

BorderStyle

Specifies the style of the border of the object. Choose from the list of available types to change the border style.

ControlType

Read-only. Specifies Rectangle as the type of object added to the form.

ForegroundColor

Specifies a foreground color for the object. Select a color from one of the tabs in the drop-down list. Note that you can specify a custom color.

Location

Specifies the point in pixels that represents the upper-left corner of the object relative to the upper-left corner of its container as an X and Y location.