The Nodes property ( equivalent with the Nodes parameter of the Add method ) defines the list of nodes to be included in the frame, separated by comma character (,) as follows:
- key, indicates the node itself, not including the child, group or assistant nodes. The Key property of the Node defines the node's key.
- key(all), indicates all recursively child, group and assistant nodes of the node with the giving key.
- key(child), indicates all child nodes of the node with the giving key, not including any sub-child.
- key(assistant), indicates all assistant nodes of the node with the giving key. The AddAssistant property adds an assistant node.
- key(group), indicates all group nodes of the node with the giving key. The AddGroup property adds a new node to the same group.
For instance:
- "root(all)" defines all child, assistant, group of the root node, not including the root node itself.
- "root,root(all)" defines all child, assistant, group of the root node, including the root node too.
Once a new frame is added you can:
- specify whether the frame is shown on the back or on the front using the ShowOnBackground property
- define the padding of the frame using the Padding property
- define a solid or EBN background color to be displayed on the frame's background, using the BackColor property of the Frame object
- The BackgroundExt property of the Frame object, defines unlimited options to show any HTML text, images, colors, EBNs, patterns, borders anywhere on the frame's background.
- define a different border or pattern to be shown, using the Pattern property
The following screen shot shows a thick black-border around child nodes of the root node ( "root(child)" ):
