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This dialog lets you choose a control template to add a control plus its supporting source code to your procedure.

CLICK on a control template from the list, then press the **Select** button.

If you check the **Translate controls to control templates when populating** box on the **[[application options dialog.htm#gen3 application|Application Properties]]** dialog, the list contains control templates and controls without templates. This is primarily a reminder that control templates with their built-in functionality are available as an alternative to do-it-yourself controls.

If you add third party, or your own customized templates to the [[gen100.htm|Template Registry]], they appear in the list. The following lists the control templates which ship with the Clarion ABC/Clarion templates:

| [[asciiviewcontrol.htm|ASCII View control template]] | This control template adds a list box in which you can display an ASCII (text) file. |
| [[tplcontrolasciiprintbutton.htm|ASCII Print Button]] | This control template adds a button to print an ASCII (text) file. |
| [[tplcontrolasciisearchbutton.htm|ASCII Search Button]] | This control template adds two buttons (Find and Find Next) to search an ASCII (text) file using object oriented code. |
| [[tplcontrolbrowsebox.htm|Browse Box]] | This control template places a LIST control in a window. |
| [[tplcontrolbrowsefuzzymatching.htm|Browse Fuzzy Matching]] | The BrowseFuzzyMatching template adds a set of controls that lets end users perform a weighted search on the data in a BrowseBox. The controls include an entry field, a search button, a clear search button, and a group control that surrounds them. |
| [[tplcontrolbrowsegrid.htm|BrowseGrid]] | The BrowseGrid template provides a group control used to define an area (within a BrowseBox) to display controls as a matrix. |
| [[tplcontrolbrowsenorecordsbutton.htm|BrowseNoRecords Button]] | This template populates a button that becomes enabled only when there are records displayed in a related Browse Box. |
| [[tplcontrolbrowseprintbutton.htm|BrowsePrint Button]] | This template populates a button that selects a single record for you to print or process. |
| [[tplcontrolbrowseqbebutton.htm|Browse QBE Button]] | Populates a button that calls a designated List or Form query interface. |
| [[tpladoquerycenter.htm|BrowseQBEList]] | Populates a LIST and other associated controls that allows advanced queries to be created and stored. |
| [[tplcontrolbrowseselectbutton.htm|Browse Select Button]] | This control template provides a quick way to return a value from a list box called to request a record. |
| [[browsetoolbarcontrol.htm|BrowseToolbarControl]] | This control template places thirteen (13) standard command buttons on the toolbar of a Browse Procedure. When the user presses these buttons, the template generated code posts appropriate events (scroll up, scroll down, add, change, delete, help, etc.). |
| [[browsetoolboxbutton.htm|BrowseToolbox Button]] | This control template populates a button that calls a popup toolbox that allows access to common database activities (Insert, Change, Query, etc.). |
| [[tplcontrolbrowseupdatebuttons.htm|Browse Update buttons]] | This control template provides a quick way to manage records in a list box. |
| [[tplcontrolbrowseviewbutton.htm|BrowseViewButton]] | The BrowseViewButton template provides a **View** button to let the end user call the browse update procedure without update functionality. |
| [[tplcontrolcalendarbutton.htm|CalendarButton]] | This template populates a lookup button that calls a popup calendar. |
| [[tplcontrolcancelbutton.htm|Cancel Button]] | This control template provides a convenient way to close a browse procedure and cancel a record request. |
| [[tplcontrolclosebutton.htm|Close Button]] | This control template adds a single button control marked **Close **which closes down the current window. |
| [[tplcontroldosfilelookup.htm|DOS File Lookup]] | This control template adds an ellipsis (...) button which leads the end user to a standard Open File dialog. |
| [[tplcontroldynamicimage.htm|Dynamic Image]] | The DynamicImage control provides an image control that must be placed within an existing BrowseGrid control. |
| [[tplcontrolfieldlookupbutton.htm|Field Lookup Button]] | This control template adds an ellipsis (...) button to call a lookup procedure specified for an entry control. |
| [[tplcontrolfiledrop.htm|File Drop]] | This control template adds a drop down list showing the contents of a selected field of a file listed in the data dictionary. |
| [[file drop combo control template.htm|File Drop Combo]] | This control template adds a Combo Box with drop down list showing the contents of a selected field of a file listed in the data dictionary. It also allows updates to the file. |
| [[tplformvcr general.htm|FormVCRButtons]] | This template populates a set of buttons that allow navigation and updates of a selected table. |
| [[tplcontrolframebrowsecontrol.htm|FrameBrowseControl]] | This control template places thirteen (13) standard command buttons on the toolbar of an MDI APPLICATION (//Frame//). When the user presses these buttons, the template generated code posts appropriate events (scroll up, scroll down, add, change, delete, help, etc.) to the active procedure. |
| [[tplcontrolhelpbutton.htm|Help Button]] | This control template populates a button that allows you to call the help topic created for this window. |
| [[tplcontrololecontrol.htm|OLE Control]] | This control template adds an OLE control plus callback functions if the OLE contains an OCX. |
| [[tplcontrolpausebutton.htm|PauseButton]] | This control template adds a button to allow pausing and restarting of a Process or Report procedure. |
| Populate control without control template | This is a do-it-yourself control, not a control template. |
| [[processreportqbebutton.htm|ProcessReportQBEButton]] | The ProcessReportQBEButton template provides a **Query **button to let the end user apply a dynamic (run-time) filter to a report. |
| [[tplcontrolrelationtree.htm|RelationTree]] | This control template places a LIST control formatted as a tree in a window. |
| [[tplcontrolreltreeupdatebuttons.htm|Relation Tree Update Buttons]] | Adds buttons to a window which call the appropriate update procedures for levels in a Relation Tree. |
| [[tplcontrolreltreeexpandcontractbuttons.htm|Relation Tree Expand/Contract Buttons]] | Adds buttons to a window which expand and contract all the levels in a Relation Tree. |
| [[tplreportdatestamp.htm|ReportDateStamp]] | Adds two STRING controls to a REPORT: a "Report Date:" text STRING, and a formatted variable STRING to display the date. |
| [[tplreportpagenumber.htm|ReportPageNumber]] | Adds a variable STRING to display the page number. |
| [[tplreporttimestamp.htm|ReportTimeStamp]] | Adds two STRING controls to a REPORT: a "Report Time:" text STRING, and a formatted variable STRING to display the time. |
| [[tplcontrolrtf.htm|RTFControl]] | The RTFControl template adds a TEXT control to a window. The necessary code is generated and used to manipulate the text within the control as Rich Text. This control has been superceded by the more powerful RTFText Control template. |
| [[tplcontrolrtfstatusbar.htm|RTFStatusBar]] | Creates a group of controls that display status information of a related RTFText Control. |
| [[tplcontrolrtf.htm|RTFTextControl]] | Adds a TEXT control that manipulates the text within the control as Rich Text. |
| [[tplcontrolrtftoolbar.htm|RTFToolbar]] | Adds a set of buttons that provides a wide variety of functions for a related RichText Control. |
| [[tplcontrolsavebutton.htm|Save Button]] | This control template adds an **OK** button to close a window and save the action. |
| [[tplcontrolsavechangebutton.htm|SaveChange Button]] | This template is normally used along with the FormVCR control template to allow writes of a record's contents to a data file. |
| [[tplcontrolsortorderbutton.htm|SortOrder Button]] | This template populates a button that provides a popup menu of browse sort order choices. |
| [[tplcontrolsortorderdrop.htm|SortOrder Drop]] | This template populates a drop list that provides a list of browse sort order choices. |