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The **Controls **property contains a value that identifies for the StepClass object:

·the characters included in the sort sequence

·the direction of the sort (ascending or descending)

The Init method sets the value of the Controls property.

A StepClass object may be associated with a BrowseClass object sort order. The BrowseClass.AddSortOrder method sets the sort orders for a BrowseClass object.

**Implementation:**

The Controls property is a single byte bitmap that contains several important pieces of information for the StepClass object. Set the value of the Controls property with the Init method.

**See Also:**     [[init  initialize the stepclass object .htm|Init]], [[addsortorder  specify a browse sort order .htm|BrowseClass.AddSortOrder]]