This item is found in multiple S3 file types. Its controls and their order may vary based on file type.
General Tab:
ID
- What it does: Programmatic ID of the control.
- How to use it: Enter the text.
- Other notes: This must be unique. It is prefixed with dtp.
Visible checkbox
- What it does: Determines whether the user can see the control.
- How to use it: Click the checkbox to check or uncheck.
Mode
- What it does: Determines whether the way the user opened the form affects the control. Options are All, New, and Update. All means that regardless of whether the user created new or opened existing, the control behaves the same. New is for creating new and Update is for opening existing.
- How to use it: Select from the drop down.
- Other notes: It defaults to All.
Visible Rule
- What it does: Displays the control if it evaluates to true. Hides the control if it evaluates to false.
- How to use it: Enter the rule from the entity.
- Other notes: The rule comes from the entity. It must be configured there for you to use it here.
Resource
- What it does: Security ID that determines whether the user can access the control.
- How to use it: Enter the ID from the security table.
CSS Class
- What it does: Custom style sheet class that controls cell appearance.
- How to use it: Enter the text.
- Other notes: If left blank, the appearance is default. The class must be configured in the MVVM project style sheet in the .NET project.
Custom Attributes
- What it does: Custom attribute defined by the developer to be rendered on the HTML page.
- How to use it: Enter the text.
Related Grid
- What it does: Grid the control updates, if any.
- How to use it: Select from the available grids.
Related Control
- What it does: Grid the control updates, if any.
- How to use it: Select from the available grids.
Entity Field
- What it does: Column whose value is linked to the control.
- How to use it: Enter the column.
Query ID
- What it does: Entity whose value is linked to the control.
- How to use it: Enter the entity.
Data Field
- What it does: Column whose value is linked to the control.
- How to use it: Enter the column.
Operator
- What it does: SQL operator used in the appended where clause.
- How to use it: Select the operator.
Width
- What it does: Pixel width of the datetime picker.
- How to use it: Enter the number of pixels.
- Other notes: This defaults based on the amount of text and the dimensions of the cell.
Data Type
- What it does: Identifies the data as string, numeric, decimal, or datetime.
- How to use it: Select the desired type.
- Other notes: This defaults to String.
Type
- What it does: Identifies the data as the date, time, or datetime.
- How to use it: Select the desired type.
- Other notes: This defaults to date.
Data Format
- What it does: Format of the value expressed in the grid.
- How to use it: Select from the list of available formats: date, currency, percent, SSN, or phone.
Default Value
- What it does: Interacts with the Default Type to assign a value to the control.
- How to use it: Options are:
- If Default Type is None or TextValue, enter text.
- If Default Type is TodaysDate or TodaysDateTime, keep this null.
- If Default Type is MethodOnServer, enter a valid method in the entity that returns a string value.
- If Default Type is MethodOnClient, enter a valid method defined in default.aspx.cs that returns a string value.
- If Default Type is System Constant, enter a code_value from sgs_code_value where code_id 52.
- If Default Type is Scalar Query, enter a valid query from the entity that returns a scalar value.
Default Type
- What it does: Interacts with the Default Value to assign a value to the control.
- How to use it: Select from the drop down.
- Other notes: The default is None. Other options are TextValue, TodaysDate, TodaysDateTime, MethodOnServer, MethodOnClient (in webforms only), System Constant, and Scalar Query.
Allow Soundex
- What it does: Enables phonetic sound.
- How to use it: Click the checkbox to check or uncheck.
Item Read Only Rule
- What it does: Rule that determines whether the value is editable when the user opens the form in update mode.
- How to use it: Enter the rule or select it from the available rules.
- Other notes: The rule must come from the entity and be an Initial Load validation.
Validation Rules
- What it does: Rule or collection of hard or soft error rules that check validity of the user input.
- How to use it: Enter the rule or click the magnifying glass icon and select the rule(s).
Advanced Tab:
sfwStepMinute
- What it does: Specifies the minutes interval for the date type control.
- How to use it: Enter the text.
- Other notes: This property is available in the Custom panel.
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