The following table lists mechanisms for a variety of common behaviors that are available with the OpenEdge GUI, and for each such mechanism, it lists one or more OpenEdge GUI for .NET mechanisms that provide identical or similar behavior.

Table 1. OpenEdge GUI behavior compared to OpenEdge GUI for .NET behavior
OpenEdge GUI behavior OpenEdge GUI for .NET behavior
ALWAYS-ON-TOP attribute TopMost property on a .NET form or control.
APPLY 'ENTRY' statement Focus( ) method on a .NET control.
AUTO-END-KEY attribute CancelButton property on Progress.Windows.Form, which specifies the button clicked when the user presses the Esc key.
AUTO-GO attribute Assign( ) method on a Progress.Data.BindingSource object.
BGCOLOR attribute BackColor property on a .NET control. The value is a System.Drawing.Color object.
CANCEL-BUTTON attribute CancelButton property on Progress.Windows.Form, which specifies the button clicked when the user presses the Esc key.
DEFAULT-BUTTON attribute AcceptButton property on Progress.Windows.Form, which specifies the button clicked when the user presses the Enter key.
DISABLE statement Enabled property on a .NET for or control.
DROP-TARGET attribute AllowDrop property on a .NET form or control.
COLUMN (X) and ROW (Y) attributes Location property on any .NET control. The value is a System.Drawing.Location object. A Left property, Top property, and Right property is also available on .NET forms and controls.
ENABLE statement Activate( ) or Focus( ) method on a .NET form or control.
The EXTENT function is used to determine the size of an ABL array. Use the Length property or GetLength() method of a .NET array to get the size of its dimensions.
FGCOLOR attribute ForeColor property on a .NET form or control. The value is a System.Drawing.Color object.
FONT attribute Font property on a .NET form or control. The value is a System.Drawing.Font object.
GET-TEXT-WIDTH-PIXELS( ) method MeasureText( ) method of the System.Windows.Forms.TextRenderer class to obtain the size of a given character string in a given font; or the AutoSize property, which you can set to TRUE on a control that you want to resize itself based on its contents.
HIDDEN attribute Visible property on a .NET form or control.
HEIGHT-* and WIDTH-* attributes Size property on a .NET form or control. The value is a System.Drawing.Size object. A Height property and Width property is also available on .NET forms and controls.
HIDE statement Hide( ) method on a .NET form or control.
ICON attribute Icon property on a .NET form. The value is a System.Drawing.Icon object.
ON event statement OpenEdge GUI for .NET Subscribe( ) method—invoked using the following general syntax: publisher-objref:event-name:Subscribe( method-or-procedure ).
MOUSE-POINTER attribute Cursor property on the .NET form or control.
MOVABLE attribute DoDragDrop( ) method on a .NET control.
MOVE-AFTER-TAB-ITEM( ) andMOVE-BEFORE-TAB-ITEM( ) methods TabIndex and TabStop properties of a .NET control.
MOVE-TO-BOTTOM( ) method SendToBack( ) method on a .NET form or control.
MOVE-TO-TOP() method BringToFront( ) method on a .NET form or control.
PARENT attribute Owner property on a .NET form.
PRIVATE-DATA attribute Tag property on a .NET form or control. The value is a System.Object, which can be any type of .NET data.
READ-ONLY attribute ReadOnly property on the .NET control.
RESIZABLE attribute Locked property on a form or control design component in the Visual Designer of Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge.
RETURN NO-APPLY statement/option Cancel property in a System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs object, which is passed as a parameter to a cancellable event handler, such as for the Validating event of a System.Windows.Forms.Button or other .NET control.
ROW (Y) and COLUMN (X) attributes See the COLUMN (X) and ROW (Y) attributes in this table.
SCREEN-VALUE attribute Text property on a .NET control.
SELECTABLE attribute Locked property on a form or control design component in the Visual Designer of Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge.
SENSITIVE attribute Enabled property on a .NET form or control.
TITLE attribute Text property on a .NET form or control.
TOOLTIP attribute Add the UltraToolTipManager component to a form. Set the ToolTipText property on the UltraToolTipInfo object instantiated for the .NET control.
TOP-ONLY attribute No similar .NET behavior.
VIEW statement Show( ) method on a .NET form or control. Requires an active OpenEdge GUI for .NET WAIT-FOR statement in order for a form and its controls to become visible.
VISIBLE attribute Visible property on a .NET form or control.
WIDTH-* and HEIGHT-* attributes See the HEIGHT-* and WIDTH-* attributes in this table.
Widget labels Text property on a .NET control. Also, the System.Windows.Forms.Label control or the Infragistics Win.Misc.UltraLabel control.
Widget siblings NEXT-SIBLING property and PREV-SIBLING property on all class instances, including .NET objects
Widget tab order See the MOVE-AFTER-TAB-ITEM( ) and MOVE-BEFORE-TAB-ITEM( ) methods in this table.
Widget Z order See the MOVE-TO-BOTTOM( ) method or MOVE-TO-TOP() method in this table.