Question: Indicates this cell's source variable and, when applicable, item.
Caption read from database: Specifies that this cell's caption will be read from its source variable. Note: when you deactivate this property in a multi-lingual questionnaire, a cell will no longer display the different captions according to language. In other words, the only caption which will be displayed will be the one specified in the cell's properties. Furthermore, deactivating this property disables the automatic display of any textual amendment made to it in Question mode.
Caption update during entry: Use this option to allow the system to update the caption according to answers given by the respondent.
Caption: Specifies a custom caption for this cell. This means that this cell's caption will not be read from its source variable. This option is available only if caption read from database is not selected. Click
to enter the caption in a pop-up window.
Background: Specifies this cell's background colour.
Foreground: Specify this cell's foreground colour.
Font: Specify this cell's font properties.
Transparent: Makes the cell transparent, meaning that its background color is effectively that of the screen.
Alignment: Defines the alignment of the cell's text caption: left, centre, or right.
Border: Defines the border style of the cell’s text caption: none, Flat or 3D.
Position:
Left: specifies the cell's position on the screen. This value is the number of pixels separating the cell from the left side of the screen.
Top: specifies the cell's position on the screen. This value is the number of pixels separating the cell from the top of the screen.
Width: specifies the cell's width.
Height: specifies the cell's height. If auto is selected, the height will be adjusted automatically to accommodate the label text, if it changes (e.g. if the language changes during the interview); controls located below the adjusted label will move down to accommodate it.
Sub-form pos: use this option to specify the cell's sub-form position on a screen where the sub-form function is active, according to the following properties:
Header: ensures that the cell will be displayed once (i.e. not re-written for each iteration).
Body: ensures that the cell will be written for each iteration (i.e. this cell is part of a Question table’s columns or lines).
Footer: ensures that the cell will be displayed once (i.e. it will not be re-written for each iteration).
Note: Supposing we have a sub-question that will be asked for each of its loop’s 10 items. Having applied the vertical question table style to the sub-question's screen, its cells' properties will follow the following rule:
Currentitem(1)=1 -> header and body cells are written once.
Currentitem(1)={2 to 9} -> body cells are written once for each iteration.
Currentitem(1)=10 -> body and footer cells are written once.