IliDbOptionMenu

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IliDbOptionMenu

Figure 4.16 The IliDbOptionMenu Hierarchy and Example Gadget

The IliDbOptionMenu class defines an option menu gadget that can be connected to a data source. This gadget opens a pull-down menu when the user clicks the gadget. The pull-down menu displays a column of foreign tables of the field.

IliDbOptionMenu* opt;

opt = new IliDbOptionMenu(display, IlvRect(20, 30, 150, 21));

panel->addObject(opt);

// Connect the Option Menu to EMP(DEPTNO)

opt->f_setDataSourceName(“EMP”);

opt->f_setDataSourceColumnName(“DEPTNO”);

// Specify the mapping as DEPT(ID -> NAME)

opt->f_setForeignDataSourceName(“DEPT”);

opt->setForeignValueColumnName(“ID”);

opt->setForeignDisplayColumnName(“NAME”);

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