| Type: | Control attribute |
| Description: | The data type of the control. When used on a table, it refers to the default state of new cells when ATTR_TABLE_MODE is set to VAL_GRID. |
| Control Types: | Binary switches, list boxes, numerics, picture rings, rings, numeric slides, ring slides, tables, trees. |
| Data Type: | integer |
| Default Value: | VAL_DOUBLE (numerics/tables), VAL_INTEGER (binary switches/rings/list boxes/trees) |
Values
| VAL_CHAR | A single byte character. |
| VAL_INTEGER | A 4 byte integer. |
| VAL_SHORT_INTEGER | A 2 byte integer. |
| VAL_FLOAT | A 4 byte floating point value. |
| VAL_DOUBLE | An 8 byte floating point value. |
| VAL_STRING | A character array. Not valid for numeric, graph or table controls. |
| VAL_UNSIGNED_CHAR | An unsigned single byte character. |
| VAL_UNSIGNED_SHORT_INTEGER | An unsigned 2 byte integer. |
| VAL_UNSIGNED_INTEGER | An unsigned 4 byte integer. |