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<a name="c_stringelement"></a><a name="stringelement"></a><h1 class="title topictitle1">string Element</h1>
<div class="body conbody"><div class="abstract">  <span class="shortdesc">An element that represents the actual text that
must be customized.</span>
 </div>
<div class="section"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Messages</h2> <p class="p"> The <a class="xref" href="ug_ldk_c_paramelement.html#paramElement" title="An element that provides a placeholder in a string of text for a parameter.">param</a> element can be embedded in the text of
a string. Different types of strings can be defined in the Messages,
User Interface, and Menus sections.</p>
  <p class="p">All
the strings in this section are classified as error messages. However,
some of them are warnings and information messages.</p>
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<div class="section"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">User Interface</h2>  <p class="p">The strings in this section
represent user interface text. </p>
 <dl class="dl"><dt class="dt dlterm">Button</dt>
<dd class="dd">Text inside a command button.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Check box </dt>
<dd class="dd">Label describing a control that turns a setting on or off. The
setting of an individual check box is independent of other check boxes. </dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Control label</dt>
<dd class="dd">Text that describes the purpose of specific controls, such as
a list box or a text box.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Dialog caption</dt>
<dd class="dd">Text that is a title or that introduces a dialog box, a message
box, or a property sheet.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Group box label</dt>
<dd class="dd">Label for a rectangular box, which surrounds a set of similar
or related controls. </dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Link</dt>
<dd class="dd">Text of medium length that describes a URL.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">List item label</dt>
<dd class="dd">Label for a standard list box, which is used to choose a single
item or a range of items from the list. </dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Pane header</dt>
<dd class="dd">Caption for a pane.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Property group</dt>
<dd class="dd">Label that describes a property group. </dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Property name</dt>
<dd class="dd">Label that describes a property for which the user can select
or type a value. </dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Radio button</dt>
<dd class="dd">Label that describes a radio button. The radio button appears
in a group of buttons. Only one of them may be selected at a time.
When you select one radio button, the others are automatically cleared.
Clicking the radio button never initiates an action.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Status bar</dt>
<dd class="dd">A form of contextual help that provides status information to
the user.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">String</dt>
<dd class="dd">Introductory text and other read-only text in dialog boxes. This
is the default option.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Tab label</dt>
<dd class="dd">Short text introducing the controls that belong to the tab.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Tooltip</dt>
<dd class="dd">A form of short, contextual help that appears when the user pauses
the pointer over a control.</dd>
</dl>
 </div>
<div class="section"><h2 class="title sectiontitle">Menus</h2>  <p class="p">The strings in this section represent
user interface text associated with menus.</p>
 <dl class="dl"><dt class="dt dlterm">Menu</dt>
<dd class="dd">Main label for a drop-down menu, which is a collection of menu
items or choices.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Menu item</dt>
<dd class="dd">Any of the items in a menu.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Tooltip</dt>
<dd class="dd">A form of short, contextual help that appears when the user pauses
the pointer over a control.</dd>
<dt class="dt dlterm">Status bar</dt>
<dd class="dd">A form of a contextual help that provides status information to
the user.</dd>
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