The "Setup" entry field on the "Object" page allows to view the current object's setup string. This string is composed by &xwp; directly from the object's settings. Presently, the entry field is read-only and cannot be changed.

See "Setup strings" for an introduction to WPS setup strings.

You can use this setup string to create a similar object using REXX functions. See the appendices of the &xwp; User Guide for more about those functions and a listing of many setup strings.

Presently, &xwp; can decode setup strings of the following classes:

If setup strings are defined of a more specific class, but &xwp; cannot decode them, you will only get the setup strings of the parent class(es). Most notably, setup strings of WPPalette (and subclasses), WPDesktop/XFldDesktop, WPDisk/XFldDisk, WPHost, WPLaunchPad, WPNetgrp, WPPdr, WPPrinter, WPRPrinter, WPServer, WPShadow, and WPUrl are not supported.

However, even for the classes listed above, not all setup strings are supported by &xwp; since there is no standard interface how to retrieve them. Again, see "Setup strings" for details.