An oval is a filled or outlined round or elliptical drawing object that you typically use for design effects (for example, you can put a CommandButton or a picture in an oval). The grouping does not affect the behavior of the controls in the oval.
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                                  Oval property  | 
                              
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                                  Description  | 
                           
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                                  ClassDefinition  | 
                              
                                  PowerObject  | 
                              
                                  An object of type PowerObject containing information about the class definition of the object or control.  | 
                           
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                                  Long  | 
                              
                                  Specifies the numeric value of the color used to fill the control: 2 to 16,777,215. For more information about color, see the section called “RGB” in PowerScript Reference.  | 
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                                  FillPattern (enumerated)  | 
                              
                                  Specifies the hatch pattern used to fill the control. Values are: BDiagonal! Diamond! FDiagonal! Horizontal! Solid! Square! Vertical! FDiagonal! is lines going from the lower-left to the upper-right. BDiagonal! is lines going from the upper-left to the lower right.  | 
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                                  Integer  | 
                              
                                  Specifies the height of the control, in PowerBuilder units.  | 
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                                  Long  | 
                              
                                  Specifies the numeric value of the line color: -2 to 16,777,215. For more information about color, see the section called “RGB” in PowerScript Reference.  | 
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                                  LineStyle (enumerated)  | 
                              
                                  Specifies the style of the line used to draw the control. Values are: Continuous! Dash! DashDot! DashDotDot! Dot! Transparent!  | 
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                                  LineThickness  | 
                              
                                  Integer  | 
                              
                                  Specifies the thickness of the line used to draw the control, in PowerBuilder units. If LineThickness is greater than one pixel (about four PowerBuilder units), the LineStyle is Continuous!.  | 
                           
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                                  String  | 
                              
                                  Specifies the tag value assigned to the control.  | 
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                                  Boolean  | 
                              
                                  Specifies whether the control is visible. Values are: TRUE -- Control is visible. FALSE -- Control is not visible.  | 
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                                  Integer  | 
                              
                                  Specifies the width of the control, in PowerBuilder units.  | 
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                                  Integer  | 
                              
                                  Specifies the X position (the distance from the left edge of the window), in PowerBuilder units.  | 
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                                  Integer  | 
                              
                                  Specifies the Y position (the distance from the top of the window), in PowerBuilder units.  | 
                           
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                                  Oval function  | 
                              
                                  Datatype returned  | 
                              
                                  Description  | 
                           
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                                  String  | 
                              
                                  Returns the name assigned to the control  | 
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                                  Integer  | 
                              
                                  Creates a reference to a context-specific instance of the specified service  | 
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                                  PowerObject  | 
                              
                                  Returns a reference to the name of the parent object  | 
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                                  Integer  | 
                              
                                  Makes the control invisible  | 
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                                  Integer  | 
                              
                                  Moves the control to a specified location  | 
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                                  Boolean  | 
                              
                                  Adds an event to the end of the message queue for the control  | 
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                                  Integer  | 
                              
                                  Changes the size of the control  | 
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                                  Integer  | 
                              
                                  Makes the control visible  | 
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                                  Integer  | 
                              
                                  Triggers a specified event in the control and executes the script for the event  | 
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                                  Object  | 
                              
                                  Returns the type of the control  | 
                           


