B
Layout Objects
The following table lists the characteristics of all the different layout objects.
Characteristics of layout objects
Layout object
arc
layout strategy
break control?
natural size?
growable?
splittable?
multiply-occurring?
container for
area
layout strategy
break control?
natural size?
growable?
splittable?
multiply-occurring?
container for
Used as …
boilerplate geometric figure
Not a container
No
Inherited, except line thickness
All except line thickness. No limit
No
No
N/A
physical and logical grouping of objects
Positioned
No
Defined by contained objects
Yes (but area boundaries are not visible
so this has no concrete effect)
Yes
No
area
,
draw
,
exclGroup
,
field
,
subform
,
subformSet
Association at merge time.
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