.topic HIDC_PROPNAME
Lists and allows you to select an ambient property of the container.

.topic HIDC_DISPID
Displays the Dispatch ID of the selected ambient property.

.topic HIDC_ENABLED
Specifies whether the controls on the page will see the ambient property.

.topic HIDC_CHOOSECOLOR_AMBIENT
Allows you to change the color associated with an ambient property. 

.topic HIDC_DATE_AMBIENT
Provides a space for you to enter a date value for an ambient property. 

.topic HIDC_STATIC_PROPERTYVALUE
Provides a space for you to enter a value for an ambient property.

.topic HIDC_PROPVALUECOMBO_AMBIENT
Select a value from the list of items that are valid for the selected ambient property.

.topic HIDC_CHOOSEFONT_AMBIENT
Allows you to change the font associated with an ambient property.

.topic HIDC_PROPVALUE
Provides a space for you to type a property value.

.topic HIDC_PROPTYPE
Lists the current property type or enables you to select a new property type.

.topic HIDC_SETVALUE_AMBIENT
Sets the selected ambient property to the values shown in the Property Value box and the Property Type list.

.topic HIDC_NEWPROPERTY
Allows you to add a new ambient property.

.topic HIDC_CATEGORIES
Lists all available component categories on your machine and allows you to select one or more categories. 

.topic HIDC_SELECTALL
Selects all available component categories on your machine.

.topic HIDC_OBJECTS
Displays all of the controls currently in the container and provides information on their state: activated, windowless, etc.

.topic HIDC_ALLOWWINDOWLESS
Specifies that the controls will be windowless.

.topic HIDC_TWOPASSDRAWING
When checked, enables two-pass (flicker-free) drawing.

.topic HIDC_IGNOREACTIVATEWHENVISIBLE
Honors the IGNOREACTIVATEWHENVISIBLE flag.

.topic HIDC_USEIPOINTERINACTIVE
Specifies that the container will delay activating controls until necessary by using the IPointerInactive interface.

.topic HIDC_USEQUICKACTIVATION
Specifies that the container will implement the IQuickActivate interface. See the OCX96 specification for more information.

.topic HIDC_IOLEINPLACESITEEX
Specifies that the container will implement the IOleInPlaceSiteEx interface.

.topic HIDC_IOLEINPLACESITEWINDOWLESS
Specifies that the container will implement the IOleInPlaceSiteWindowless interface.

.topic HIDC_IADVISESINKEX
Specifies that the container will implement the IAdviseSinkEx interface. For more information, read about flicker-free drawing and the OCX96 specification.

.topic HIDC_SBINDHOST
Specifies that the container will implement SBindHost, requesting an object that allows you to bind to a given moniker. SBindHost usually implements the IBindHost interface.

.topic HIDC_EVENTS
Specifies which events the container will log.

.topic HIDC_PROPERTIES_CHANGES
Specifies which property changes the container will log.

.topic HIDC_PROPERTIES_EDITREQUESTS
Lists properties that generate edit requests and allows you to select which edit requests the container will log.

.topic HIDC_ALWAYS
Specifies that the container will always allow this property edit.

.topic HIDC_NEVER
Specifies that the container will never allow the property edit.

.topic HIDC_PROMPT
Specifies that the container will prompt for a response to the property edit request.

.topic HIDC_SELECTALL_EDITREQUESTS
Selects all the properties in the EditRequest Properties list box.

.topic HIDC_CONTROLS
Lists the registered controls that you can insert into the test container.

.topic HIDC_IMPLEMENTEDCATEGORIES
Allows you to specify what categories of objects can be inserted into the test container. 

.topic HIDC_REQUIREDCATEGORIES
Allows you to specify which component categories the container will support.

.topic HIDC_IGNOREREQUIREDCATEGORIES
When selected, displays all controls regardless of whether they require specific container functionality.

.topic HIDC_LOGTONULL
Specifies no recording or display of control events, property changes, property edits, or logging output from scripts.

.topic HIDC_LOGTOOUTPUT
Specifies that logging output will be sent to the Output window.

.topic HIDC_LOGTODEBUG
Specifies that logging output will be sent to the Debugger window.

.topic HIDC_LOGTOFILE
Specifies that logging output will be sent to a specified file.

.topic HIDC_FILENAME
Displays or lets you specify the file that will receive logging data.  You must exit test container to complete writing data to the file. 

.topic HIDC_FILENAME_BROWSE
Enables you to browse your hard disk directory structure for a file in which to store logging data.

.topic HIDC_MACROS
Shows the list of macros available in the current session.  

.topic HIDC_OPENFILE
Lets you load a file containing macros.

.topic HIDC_METHODNAME
Allows you to select a method or property to invoke.

.topic HIDC_PARAMS
Lists the parameters required by the selected method.

.topic HIDC_PARAMVALUE
Enables you to select a parameter value for the currently selected parameter.

.topic HIDC_STATIC_PARAMETERVALUE
Enables you to select a parameter value for the currently selected parameter. 

.topic HIDC_DATE
Provides a space for you to enter a date value for the currently selected parameter. 

.topic HIDC_PARAMVALUECOMBO
Select a value from the list of items that are valid for the selected parameter.

.topic HIDC_PARAMTYPE
Lists the current type of parameter or enables you to select a new parameter type.

.topic HIDC_SETVALUE
Sets the selected parameter to the values shown in the Parameter Value box and the Parameter Type list.

.topic HIDC_RETURNVALUE
Displays the value returned by the most recently invoked method.

.topic HIDC_EXCEPTIONSOURCE
Displays the file that caused an exception in the most recently invoked method.

.topic HIDC_EXCEPTIONDESC
Displays a description of the exception.

.topic HIDC_EXCEPTIONHELP
Starts the Help file for the control’s exception.

.topic HIDC_INVOKE
Invokes the selected method with the current parameters.

.topic HIDC_CHOOSEFONT
Allows you to change the font value of the parameter.

.topic HIDC_CHOOSECOLOR
Allows you to change the color value of the parameter.  

.topic HIDC_PROPNAME_NEW
Allows you to type a name for the new ambient property.
 
.topic HIDC_DISPID_NEW
Allows you to type a Dispatch ID for the new ambient property.

.topic HIDC_OUTPUT
Displays events and other logging information when you select “Log to output window” in the Logging Options dialog box (Click the Options menu, then choose Logging).

.topic HIDC_CLEAROUTPUTWINDOW
Clears event and other logging information from the Output window. (Button is gone) 

.topic HIDC_PROPERTIES
Creates a property bag and tells the control to persist its state into the property bag and then displays the contents of the property bag.

.topic HIDC_REGISTEREDCONTROLS
Lists all controls registered on your machine.

.topic HIDC_UNREGISTER
Unregisters a control from your machine by running DLLUnregisterServer and removing the control’s class ID information from the registry.

.topic HIDC_REGISTER
Registers a control on your machine by allowing you to search your machine and select a file with a dll, .ocx or .ax file extension and then run DLLRegisterServer to put the control’s class ID information in your machine’s registry.

.topic HIDC_REREGISTER
Allows you to select and reregister one of the displayed controls.

.topic HIDC_TABORDER
Displays and enables you to modify the tab order of the controls in the test container; just select and drag a control name.  The first control in the list is first in the tab order.