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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 mcr.

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.

Label Text

• What it does: Text to be displayed next to the button.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

Related Control

• What it does: Identifies the grid the button affects.
• How to use it: Select from the drop down.

Generate Button Text

• What it does: Text that displays on the Generate Correspondence button.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

View Button Text

• What it does: Text that displays on the View Generated Correspondence button.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

Code Table

• What it does: Specifies the query that populates the correspondence drop down.
• How to use it: Enter the query.

Active Form

• What it does: Form the button navigates to when clicked.
• How to use it: Enter the form.
• Other notes: The form has to exist as an XML file to enter it here. You can have single or multiple forms.

Navigation Parameter

• What it does: Property that maps one or more parameter(s) to the column value(s) if the method takes parameters.
• How to use it: 
  1. Click the magnifying glass icon to open the Navigation Params window.
  2. Drag the matching form control to the Parameter Value field.
  3. Mark the parameter constant if its value is assigned by the application (it is a primary key).
• Other notes: A custom new method (configured on the entity) usually takes at least one parameter. The new object method from the framework usually does not. However, if the form has session fields (carry criteria), these must be mapped in the navigation parameters.

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