property RadialMenu.ParentSize as String
Specifies the size to display the parent zone.

TypeDescription
String A String expression that defines the size of the parent portion of the control.
By default, The ParentSize property is "24*dpi", which indicates 24 pixels if DPI setting is 100%, or 36 pixels ( 24 * 1.5 ) if DPI setting is 150% . The ParentSize property specifies the size to display the parent zone. The ParentImage property specifies the graphics ( image, icon, picture ) to be shown on the parent zone, based on the state of the radial menu. The ParentImageWidth / ParentImageHeight specifies the size to show the parent image, based on the radial menu's state.  The ParentPicture property indicates the picture to be shown on the parent zone's background. The ParentBackColor / ParentBackAlpha property specifies the color / transparency to show the parent portion of the radial menu. The RadialLineColor( exRadialParentBorder) property specifies the color to show the border around the parent section of the control. The RadialLineColor(exRadialHotParent) property specifies the color to show the border around the parent section of the control, while the cursor hovers the parent section. The ParentPicture property indicates the picture to be shown on the parent zone's background. The SubItemsSize property specifies the size to display the sub-items zone. The InflateRadialMenu property inflates or deflates the client area of the radial menu control. The InflateItems property Inflates or deflates the client area of the items portion of the control. The InflateCustom property inflates or deflates the client area of the custom portion of the control. The InflateParentPicture property inflates or deflates the client area to display the picture on the background of the parent's zone of the control. The ParentSize property specifies the size to display the parent zone.

The following screen shot, shows the portions/parts/zones of the radial menu:

The PicturesPath property specifies the path to load the pictures from. The Image property specifies the item's image. The Images method loads icons into the control. Use the ReplaceIcon method to add, remove or clear icons in the control's images collection. The HTMLPicture adds or replaces a picture in HTML captions. The ParentPicture property indicates the picture to be shown on the parent zone's background. The AllowToggleExpand property specifies whether the radial menu can be shown in collapsed state. The Expanded property indicates whether the radial menu is expanded or collapsed. The State property specifies the state of the radial menu.

The ParentSize property supports the following keywords:

The property supports predefined constants, operators and functions as listed bellow:

The constants are ( DPI-Aware components ):

The supported binary arithmetic operators are:

The supported unary boolean operators are:

The supported binary boolean operators are:

The supported binary boolean operators, all these with the same priority 0, are :

The supported binary range operators, all these with the same priority 5, are :

The supported binary operators, all these with the same priority 0, are :

The supported ternary operators, all these with the same priority 0, are :

expression ? true_part : false_part

, while it executes and returns the true_part if the expression is true, else it executes and returns the false_part. For instance, the %0 = 1 ? 'One' : (%0 = 2 ? 'Two' : 'not found') returns 'One' if the value is 1, 'Two' if the value is 2, and 'not found' for any other value. A n-ary equivalent operation is the case() statement, which is available in newer versions of the component.

The supported n-ary operators are (with priority 5):

expression array (c1,c2,c3,...cn)

, where the c1, c2, ... are constant elements. The constant elements could be numeric, date or string expressions. For instance the month(value)-1 array ('J','F','M','A','M','Jun','J','A','S','O','N','D') is equivalent with month(value)-1 case (default:''; 0:'J';1:'F';2:'M';3:'A';4:'M';5:'Jun';6:'J';7:'A';8:'S';9:'O';10:'N';11:'D')

expression in (c1,c2,c3,...cn)

, where the c1, c2, ... are constant elements. The constant elements could be numeric, date or string expressions. For instance the value in (11,22,33,44,13) is equivalent with (expression = 11) or (expression = 22) or (expression = 33) or (expression = 44) or (expression = 13). The in operator is not a time consuming as the equivalent or version is, so when you have large number of constant elements it is recommended using the in operator. Shortly, if the collection of elements has 1000 elements the in operator could take up to 8 operations in order to find if an element fits the set, else if the or statement is used, it could take up to 1000 operations to check, so by far, the in operator could save time on finding elements within a collection.

expression switch (default,c1,c2,c3,...,cn)

, where the c1, c2, ... are constant elements, and the default is a constant element being returned when the element is not found in the collection. The constant elements could be numeric, date or string expressions.  The equivalent syntax is "%0 = c 1 ? c 1 : ( %0 = c 2 ? c 2 : ( ... ? . : default) )". The switch operator is very similar with the in operator excepts that the first element in the switch is always returned by the statement if the element is not found,  while the returned value is the value itself instead -1. For instance, the %0 switch ('not found',1,4,7,9,11) gets 1, 4, 7, 9 or 11, or 'not found' for any other value. As the in operator the switch operator uses binary searches for fitting the element, so it is quicker that iif (immediate if operator) alterative.

expression case ([default : default_expression ; ] c1 : expression1 ; c2 : expression2 ; c3 : expression3 ;....)

If the default part is missing, the case() operator returns the value of the expression if it is not found in the collection of cases ( c1, c2, ...). For instance, if the value of expression is not any of c1, c2, .... the default_expression is executed and returned. If the value of the expression is c1, then the case() operator executes and returns the expression1. The default, c1, c2, c3, ... must be constant elements as numbers, dates or strings. For instance, the date(shortdate(value)) case (default:0 ; #1/1/2002#:1 ; #2/1/2002#:1; #4/1/2002#:1; #5/1/2002#:1) indicates that only #1/1/2002#, #2/1/2002#,  #4/1/2002# and  #5/1/2002# dates returns 1, since the others returns 0. For instance the following sample specifies the hour being non-working for specified dates: date(shortdate(value)) case(default:0;#4/1/2009# : hour(value) >= 6 and hour(value) <= 12 ; #4/5/2009# : hour(value) >= 7 and hour(value) <= 10 or hour(value) in(15,16,18,22); #5/1/2009# : hour(value) <= 8) statement indicates the working hours for dates as follows:

  • #4/1/2009#, from hours 06:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • #4/5/2009#, from hours 07:00 AM to 10:00 AM and hours 03:00PM, 04:00PM, 06:00PM and 10:00PM
  • #5/1/2009#, from hours 12:00 AM to 08:00 AM

The in, switch and case() use binary search to look for elements so they are faster then using iif and or expressions. Obviously, the priority of the operations inside the expression is determined by ( ) parenthesis and the priority for each operator. 

The supported conversion unary operators are:

Other known operators for numbers are:

Other known operators for strings are:

Other known operators for dates are:

The Exontrol's eXPression component is a syntax-editor that helps you to define, view, edit and evaluate expressions. Using the eXPression component you can easily view or check if the expression you have used is syntactically correct, and you can evaluate what is the result you get giving different values to be tested. The Exontrol's eXPression component can be used as an user-editor, to configure your applications.