Data Source Page
Label | Description |
Data source | Menu: Names of current data sources. Default: No default. Explanation: Name of the data source to which the DbField 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 DbField gadget is to be connected. |
Alignment | Menu: Left, Center, Right. Default: Left. Explanation: Alignment of the value in the DbField gadget. |
Format | Menu: List of predefined system and user formats. Default: No default. Explanation: Format to be applied to the value in the DbField gadget. |
Mask | Menu: List of predefined system and user input formats. Default: No default. Explanation: Input format to be entered in the DbField gadget. |
Max length | Menu: None. Default: No default. Explanation: Maximum number of characters that can be entered in the DbField gadget. |
Read only | Menu: Yes, No. Default: No. Explanation: Yes = The field can be edited. No = The field cannot be edited. |
Use property manager | Menu: Yes, No. Default: Yes. Explanation: Yes = The DbField gadget uses a property manager. No = The DbField gadget does not use a property manager. |
Style | Menu: List of possible styles the DbField gadget can assume. Default: EntryField. Explanation: Sets the style for the DbField gadget. |
Label | Menu: None. Default: DbField Explanation: The text for the label placed next to the gadget. |
Label font | Menu: None. Default: Font of DbField gadget palette. Explanation: Font used for the label entered in the Label field. |
Label color | Menu: None. Default: Foreground color of the DbField gadget palette. Explanation: Color used for the label entered in the Label field. |
Label position | Menu: Top, Left. Default: Top. Explanation: The position of the label relative to the gadget. |
Label | Description |
Foreign data source | Menu: Names of foreign data sources. Default: No default. Explanation: Data source containing the columns to which the values for the current column are to be mapped so as to convert the value to another value and display it. |
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: 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 the foreign data source. No = Can enter any value. |
Completion | Menu: Yes, No. Default: Yes. Explanation: Is in effect only when constrained = Yes. Yes = Can enter a DbField item by typing enough of its initial characters to make it unique, then validating it or leaving the cell. No = Cannot enter a DbField item by typing its unique initial characters. |