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Creating a panel subwindow

Left-click on the panel icon on the object palette, and left-click again on the object editor, inside a frame object. The panel properties editor will be shown, with the following controls.

Name
The name of this panel instance.
Description
A textual description of the panel.
Class name
The name of the C++ class that will be created for this panel.
Border
If checked on, the panel will have a border.
Resize strategy
One of Fixed, Proportional and Grow. See subwindow tiling.
Width
The width of the panel.
Height
The width of the panel.
% frame
If Resize strategy is Proportional, this value specifies the proportion of the frame for determining the subwindow size.
Fit contents
If checked on, the panel will fit itself to its contents.
Horizontal labels
If checked on, the default labelling orientation is horizontal, otherwise it is vertical.
Label font
The name of the font to be used for panel item labels. The font should have been created previously using the font manager, accessible from the GDI menu.
Button font
The name of the font to be used for panel item contents.