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Table Combo Box Inspector Panel
The IliTableComboBox inspector has five notebook pages:
*Data Source Page
*Mapping Page
*General Page
*Specific Page
*Callbacks Page
Data Source Page
Label
Description
Data source
Menu: Names of current data sources.
Default: No default.
Explanation: Name of the source to which
the table combo box gadget is to be connected.
Column
Menu: Column names of the data source
selected in the Data source field.
Default: No default.
Explanation: Column of the data source table
to which the gadget is to be connected.
Format
Menu: List of predefined system and user formats.
Default: No default.
Explanation: Format to be applied to the values
in the table combo box gadget.
Mask
Menu: List of predefined system and user input
formats.
Default: No default.
Explanation: Input format to be applied to the values
in the table combo box gadget.
Use property
manager
Menu: Yes, No.
Default: Yes.
Explanation:
Yes = The table combo box uses a property manager.
No = The table combo box does not use
a property manager.
Mapping Page
Label
Description
Foreign data
source
Menu: Names of foreign data sources.
Default: No default.
Explanation: A data source containing the columns
to which the values for the current column are
to be mapped so that the value can be converted to another value and displayed. Creates a combo box pull-down menu in the table combo box field showing the values in the foreign data source.
Foreign value
column
Menu: Column names of the data source selected in
the Foreign data source field.
Default: No default.
Explanation: Column in the foreign data source containing the value to which the current column is to be mapped.
Foreign display
column
Menu: Column names of the data source selected in
the Foreign data source field.
Default: No default.
Explanation: The column in the foreign data source
containing the value to be displayed when the column
specified in the Foreign value column row is referred to.
Constrained
Menu: Yes, No.
Default: No.
Explanation: Applies only when the value entered in
the Foreign value column and
Foreign display column rows is the same.
Yes = Can only enter a value that belongs to
foreign data source.
No = Can enter any value.
Completion
Menu: Yes, No.
Default: Yes.
Explanation: Is only in effect when constrained = Yes.
Yes = Can enter a combo box list item by typing
enough of its initial characters to make it unique,
then validating it or leaving the cell.
No = Cannot enter a combo box list item by typing its initial characters.
Table columns
Menu: None.
Button: Click to have the Table Columns Dialog Box
appear.
Default: No default.
Explanation: The column(s) in the foreign data source
to be displayed in the pull-down menu.
Table Columns Dialog Box
Label
Description
Display
Check box.
Default: Not checked.
Explanation: If checked, the column name appears
in the pull-down menu.
Columns
Column names.
General Page
For a description of this notebook page, refer to the section General Notebook Page.
Specific Page
Label
Description
Label
Not available.
Alignment
Menu: Left, Center, Right.
Default: Left.
Explanation: Alignment of the values in
the table combo box gadget.
No. Chars
Menu: None.
Default: -1.
Explanation: The maximum number of characters
that can be entered in the Table Combo Box gadget.
Editable
Check box.
Default: Checked.
Explanation:
Checked = The field in the gadget can be edited.
Not checked = The field in the gadget cannot be edited.
Change focus on
validation
Check box.
Default: Checked.
Explanation:
Checked = Focus moves to the next gadget.
Not checked = Focus remains on this gadget.
Callbacks Page
In addition to the callbacks described in the section Callbacks Notebook Page, this inspector uses the callbacks listed below, which are described in the IliAbstractComboBox section of the Rogue Wave Views Data Access Reference Manual.
*Open
*Close

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