Table Combo Box Inspector Panel
The IliTableComboBox inspector has five notebook pages:
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. See page 222. 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 Views Data Access Reference Manual.
OpenClosePublished date: 05/24/2022
Last modified date: 02/24/2022
