ActionEditor XML Configuration - Fields

This section contains various fields that will be displayed in the editor as well as the controls in which they will be displayed and the verifications that are required for each of them.

The structure is as follows (sample):

<Fields>
  <Field Name="Freight"
         Title="Freight"
         Type="Money"
         Control="TextBox"
         Required="true"
         DefaultValue=""
         DisplayFormat=""
         New="Enabled"
         Edit="Enabled"
         View="Enabled">
      <TextBox Columns="20" RightToLeft="true" />
      <Validators>
        <Validator Type="Range"
                   DataType="decimal"
                   MaxValue="10000"
                   MinValue="0"
                   ErrorMessage="Number between 0 - 10000" />
      </Validators>
</Field>
...
</Fields>

Fields – Section for the fields that will conform the editor

Example

<Fields>
<Field ... />
</Fields> 

Field – Element for each editor’s field

Attributes:
Name -  (string) – Field’s name
Title -  (string) - Title, description 
Type - (string)  -  (SQL Server) Data type
Control - (string)  - control type to be used to edit (TextBox, Lookup, Date, DateTime, Memo, ListBox, DropDownList)
Required - (boolean) true/false   - If is a required field(implicitly adds the required verification)


Required fields

Default - (string)  - field by default to register. There are a number of functions that can be used as default values see: Functions
DisplayFormat - (string)  - mask to view the field  see: ActionDataBase Formats

New - (string)  Enabled/Disabled/Hidden - - If the field will be active when it will register a new record
Edit  - (string)  Enabled/Disabled/Hidden -  - If the field will be active when it will register a new record
View - (string)  Enabled/Disabled/Hidden - - If the field will be made visual

Enabled - The field is and shows itself active
Disabled - The field shows itself but it is not enabled
Hidden - The field doesn’t show itself

Example; See above

Edit controls

TextBox - Defines a TextBox control

Attributes:
Columns -  (integer) - columns number wide
MaxLenght -  (integer) -  Characters maximum number
RightToLeft - (boolean)  -If you write from right to left

Example RightToLeft="true"

Example:

<TextBox Columns="40" MaxLenght="60" RightToLeft="false" />

Example: TextBox

Memo – Defines a Memo  control Memo with an enrich text editor

Attributes:
Columns -  (integer) - columns number wide
Rows -  (integer) - rows number
MaxLenght -  (integer) - characters Maximum number
RichText - (string)  - Options are "No" for  simple TextBox without HTML, "Simple" for a basic HTML editor and "Full" for a full html editor.

No RichText

Simple Editor look as

Example:

<Memo Columns="40" Rows="10" MaxLenght="300" RichText="Full" />  

Example: Memo

Date y DateTime – Definition is not available

Lookup – Defines a Memo control with a enrich text editor

Attributes:
TextField -  (string) -  characters Maximum number
ValueField -  (string) - Field that contains the values
Table - (string) – Database field
DisplayFormat - (string) - Format to view text field - See: Formats

Example:

<Lookup TextField="CompanyName" ValueField="ShipperID" Table="Shippers" />

Example: Lookup

ListItems - Define a ListBox or DropDownList control

Inside list items section you can add items. Items are Text, Value pairs. You can use it with the ListBox or DropDownList controls.

Attributes:
Text -  (string) -  Text to display
Value -  (string) - Value to store in the field
Selected - (boolean) – If is the default selected value

Example:

<ListItems Multiple="false">
        <Item Text="00001-AAAA"  Value="00001" />
        <Item Text="00002-BBBBB" Value="00002" />
        <Item Text="00003-CCCCC" Value="00003" Selected="true" />
</ListItems>

Example: ListItems as DropDownList Control

Example: ListItems as ListBox Control