Keyword

Description Or Character

!

Single line comment

//

Single line comment (preferred)

<>

Blank line

<L>

Horizontal Line

~

Separates user-visible text field from the command field

{ }

Evaluates the contents and displays the result in place

< >

Substitutes the contents in a list box or dialog box input

@x n

Places a menu n characters to the left (0 to nest)

@y n

Places menu n characters down (0 to nest)

@xd n

Places a menu n pixels to the left

@yd n

Places a menu n pixels down

@addexstyle n

Add an extended style

@addstyle n

Add a style

@adjust_height 1

Dialog box height dynamically sizes

@adjust_width 1

Dialog box width dynamically sizes

@apply

Add an Apply button to a tabbed dialog box

@child 1

Creates an embedded dialog box

@delexstyle n

Remove an extended style

@delstyle n

Remove a style

@display

Do not automatically clear menu after selection of menu item

@endform

End of dialog box section for a form, SPL code follows

@focus n

Set input focus, 1:Ok, 2:Cancel, 4:Help, n:control with id=n

@form

Dialog box is a form that includes SPL functions

@onappsize func

Run func when application sizes

@ondblclk func

Run func when double click detected

@oncancel func

Run func when Cancel button pressed

@oninit func

Run func when dialog initializes

@onok func

Run func when OK button pressed

@onsize func

Run func when dialog sizes

@panel

Create a dialog box with choices and inputs

@popmenu

Create a Pop-up menu

@dialog

Create a dialog box with choices and inputs

@modeless 1

Create a modeless dialog box

@modeless 2

Create a modeless dialog box that remains on top

@suppress n

Suppress button 1:Ok, 2:Cancel, 4:Help, can be combined

@tabbed

Create a tabbed dialog box

@wizard

Wizard style tabbed dialog box

@h "fn"

Loads a file "fn" when the Help button or [F1] is pressed.

@justifylabels

label justification, 0:right, 1:left, 2:center, 3:top

@fixed_editwidth

Sets spacing for field lengths

#

Immediately evaluate this line and redisplay the dialog box

##

Immediately evaluate this line and redisplay the entire tabbed dialog

%

Immediately evaluate this line

%%

Evaluate editor input only, no OK processing on Enter

-%

Suppress dynamic update on drop-down list change

*

Use list of newline delimited strings as options for an editable combobox or listbox

=

Use list of newline delimited strings as options for a non-editable combobox or listbox

ah=n

Control height can dynamically size, 0:no, 1:yes

aw=n

Control width can dynamically size, 0:no, 1:yes

b

Button control

bg=rgb

Background color, RGB value ({0x0000FF} == red)

c

Checkbox control

+c

Make combobox or listbox strings case sensitive

d=n

Discrete increment control buttons, n: lower limit

e=n

Enables/Disables a control, 1:enabled, 0:disabled

+ex=n

Add a control extended style

-ex=n

Remove a control extended style

fa=n

Font angle in degrees

fb=n

Font bold, 0:no, 1:yes

fc=n

Font character set

fg=rgb

Foreground color, RGB value ({0x0000FF} == red)

fi=n

Font italics, 0:no, 1:yes

fn="face"

Font face name

fp=n

Font pitch

fs=n

Font size in points

fu=n

Font underline 0:no, 1:yes

frame

Begin a group of controls with no border

/frame

End a group of controls with no border

group

Begin a groupbox

/group

End a groupbox

h

Horizontal radio buttons

h=n

Height in characters, -2:maximum current height

hd=n

Height in pixels

hslider

Horizontal slider,  same as slider

hsplitbox

Begin horizontal splitbox panes, same as splitbox

/hsplitbox

End horizontal splitbox panes, same as /splitbox

hsplitter

Horizontal splitter control for hsplitbox, same as splitter

i=n

System icon, n: icon number

id=n

Control ID

img="file"

Display an image (.bmp, .gif, .jpg)

j=n

Label justification, 1:left, 2:right, 3:top

k

Checkbox list

l

Listbox

m=n

Number of displayed lines for edit or listbox control

mh=n

Minimum control height in characters

mw=n

Minimum control width in characters

n

Enumerated list of options

o="progid"

ActiveX control

p

Color picker control

r

Radio button control

+s=n

Add a control style

-s=n

Remove a control style

skip

Skip this line when processing evaluation area statements

slider

Horizontal slider

splitbox

Begin horizontal splitbox panes

/splitbox

End horizontal splitbox panes

splitter

Splitter control for splitbox, horizontally divides splitbox panes

t="tip"

Tool tip, "Tip 1 | Tip 2 | Tip3"

u=n

Indicates discrete increment control buttons, n: upper limit

v=n

Visibility, 0:not visible, 1:visible, 2:not visible width=0, 4:not visible height=0

vslider

Vertical slider

vsplitbox

Begin vertical splitbox panes

/vsplitbox

End vertical splitbox panes

vsplitter

Splitter control for vsplitbox, vertically divides vsplitbox panes

w=n

Width in characters, -2:maximum current width

wd=n

Width in pixels

x=n

Places a control n characters to the left, -1:next x, -2:last x

y=n

Places a control n characters down, -1:prev y, -2:max y

xd=n

Places a control  n pixels to the left

yd=n

Places a control  n pixels down