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The Column History Viewer Control

In order to support versioning in lists as well as AppendText columns, the ColumnHistoryViewer control has been introduced. It allows the user to retrieve historical data from columns. To use the ColumnHistoryViewer control, just place it on the form using the designer. Open the control properties and set ColumnName to the column you want to […]

August 13, 2017/by Konstantinos

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The DataEntryGrid control

It is a datagrid with which a user can enter, edit or delete information stored. Records can be edited in a dynamically generated form : The grid’s fields and columns can be declared using the designer’s Extra Configuration field. DataEntryGrid properties: Property : Name Value Type : String Name the new field. Property : Type Values: […]

August 13, 2017/by Konstantinos

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The Column History Viewer Control

August 13, 2017/by Konstantinos

Controls, Knowledge Base, PowerForms Siverlight

The DataEntryGrid control

August 13, 2017/by Konstantinos

The Column History Viewer Control

In order to support versioning in lists as well as AppendText columns, the ColumnHistoryViewer control has been introduced.

It allows the user to retrieve historical data from columns.

To use the ColumnHistoryViewer control, just place it on the form using the designer.

Open the control properties and set ColumnName to the column you want to handle:

Set the control height to fit your needs, save your form design and you are ready to go.

NOTE : For AppendText columns, the history viewer excludes blank entries.

August 13, 2017/by Konstantinos

The DataEntryGrid control

It is a datagrid with which a user can enter, edit or delete information stored.

Records can be edited in a dynamically generated form :

The grid’s fields and columns can be declared using the designer’s Extra Configuration field.

DataEntryGrid properties:

Property : Name
Value Type : String
Name the new field.

Property : Type
Values: Textbox, DatePicker, Combobox, Checkbox, Existing
Choose how to represent the field when entering new data. Default: Textbox.

Property : Header
Value Type: String
Name the column header appearing on the grid displaying the data.

Property : Width
Value Type : String
Define a gird column’s width used to display data.

Property : Values
Value Type : String
Pre-define static values to appear on some controls. For example, static values to be used as selections on the combo-box part. (ComboItem1; ComboItem2; ComboItem3)

Property : ExistingControlName
Value Type : String
With control type set as ‘Existing’, you can set the name of an existing control on the form (should normally be created as a hidden control and used solely for this purpose).

Example :

Note : Data created using the Extra Configuration wizard is saved in XML format. Regular users should avoid editing the code manually.

Creating a new DataEntryGrid field
In order to create a new field, select the ‘Fields’ folder and press the plus (+) button.

A new Field appears with the default value in each property.

Our goal is to create a column in the DataEntryGrid as Type Existing, using a hidden control called Resource. The Resource control, called ‘c_Recource’, is a combobox type control, which contains information from a list called Resources (the Title of each row). In Order to do so, we enter the following value in its respective property:

Name :      Resource
Type:         Existing
Required: False
Header:     Resource
Width:       200
Values:      (blank)
ExistingControlName: c_Recource

Saving our changes and pressing ‘New Record’ on the DataEntryGrid control opens a pop-up window with the newly created control on top.

August 13, 2017/by Konstantinos

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