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Formatter: Reference View

Formatter Properties for Reference View:

  • Mandatory

    If this box is checked, then the field is mandatory in this view. If this check box is grayed and disabled, then the setting is predefined either in the physical database or in the Object Customizer. These settings take precedence.

    Note that the following interplay between field mandatoriness and visibility comes into play:

    • If a field is set as mandatory in the view customizer or by a rule AND at the same time is set as not visible in the view, than this mandatoriness is ignored.
    • If a field is set as mandatory on the database or object type level, than it remains mandatory even if it is set as not visible in the view.

    When checked, the mandatory field label turns bold in the View Designer.

  • Descriptive attribute for one cell ref.view

    Select an attribute to be used as a descriptive value of related object in the search field (i.e. define which attributes should be "visible" in the search field when the required object is found). The option is valid only if a view is used as a Reference View with one cell view type. See also the Searching in a Reference View topic.

  • Show 'Info' action

    If selected, the 'Info' action will be available in the simple reference view. On GUI, The the 'Info' button enables you to display full Reference View with all attributes.

  • Operator for One Cell Reference View search condition

    Here it is possible to select the logical operator to be used to create a condition in One Cell reference view search input. The options are 'and', 'or' and 'default (see Global Settings)'.

  • Live search in One Cell Reference View

    Here you can enable or disable the Live Search functionality. If selected, the Live Search component for One Cell reference view will continuously show the results matching the query.

  • Sort Live search results

    Choose the ascending or descending order for the results shown in the Live Search box. Note that this option applies to he Live Search box only and does not affect the browser (if opened).

  • Visible

    Enable / disable a display of the control on the View. The control may exist on the View layout but may be prevented from being displayed on the actual View. It can also be used creatively to leave a "virtual" blank space in the left column of the view.

    Note the specific appearance of this option in the View Designer: If selected, the view element will be hatched.

  • Enabled

    If selected, the attribute will become editable. The control may be used for data display and entry or the data display only. 'Editable' means that the field itself is active, it can be selected and edited in the normal way. 'Disabled' means that the field is grayed and the editing is blocked. However, the data can be still selected and copied, which distinguishes this formatter from the 'Label' formatter. This attribute may also be used to dynamically enable or disable the data entry.

    Note the specific appearance of this option in the View Designer: If selected, the view element will be grayed.

  • Default Focus on this Field

    Here it is possible to decide if the field would have a default focus when the View is opened.

See Also

Properties

Formatter: Text

Formatter: RichText

Formatter: Number

Formatter: TextArea

Formatter: MaskText

Formatter: ChoiceBox

Formatter: List Control

Formatter: Label

Formatter: Multiline Label

Formatter: RadioButtons

Formatter: Checkbox

Formatter: Hyperlink

Formatter: Image Formatters

Formatter: Other Formatters