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List Grid Properties

Edit List Grid

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IDElement ID (By declaring as "account", a corresponding database table column "c_account" will be created)

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LabelElement Label to be displayed to the end-user.
DatalistDatalist to display for selection.
Columns

The columns defined here must be correspondent to the Data List chosen above.

NameDescription
Value

Field ID of the target form.

Example:

In the "Account" form sourced in the Datalist "Account Listing", there are Form Elements with the ID "id", and "accountName".

LabelColumn Label.
EditableYes/No
Format Type

If you would like to format the returned value, you may make use of the format type.

Default choice: Text

Available Format Types

  • Text - formats the value as text
  • HTML - outputs data as HTML
  • Multiple lines text - maintains the spacing formatting for multiple lines text, such as TextArea.
  • Decimal - formats as a decimal. The number of decimals is expected in the "Format" field.

  • Date - formats as a date. Original Date and New Date formats are expected in the "Format" field.

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    Format: (original format)|(new format)

    Example of usage:
    Original value:     5/23/2012
    Expected value: 2012/5/23
    Format :     M/d/y|y/M/d

    Note: Please refer to Java SimpleDateFormat for date format.

  • File - Show the value as a link to the attachment. Form Def ID is expected in the "Format" field.

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    Specify the Form Def ID that contains the actual File Upload form element.

  • Image - Show the value as a thumbnail of the attachment. Form Def ID is expected in the "Format" field.

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    Specify the Form Def ID that contains the actual Image Upload / File Upload form element.

  • Options - Show the label of a multiple-choice element given the value given. Form Def ID is expected in the "Format" field.

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    Specify the Form Def ID that contains the actual Select Box / Radio / CheckBox form element.

FormatDepending on your chosen Format Type, an additional argument may be entered here.
Width

Column width in characters.

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UI

Sorting

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Enable Sorting FeatureDetermines if the ordering of rows is to be enforced.

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Field ID for Sorting
Field to keep the ordering sequence; must correspond with a field id in the target form.

List 

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Insert Button Label
Insert Button Label
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Form

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Form to Edit Row
After the addition of row, the user may edit the record row by opening it in the Form defined here.

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Form Submit Button Label (Normal Mode)
The label of the Submit button in normal mode.
Form Submit Button Label (Readonly Mode)

The label of the Submit button in read-only mode.

Display field as Label when readonly?
Displays the value of the element as plain text when an element is set to "Readonly".

Grid

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Readonly

Determines if the element is editable.

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Disable Add Feature
Determines if a new row can be added.
Disable Delete Feature

Determines if a row can be removed.

Delete confirmation message
Confirmation message when deleting a row.
Show Row Numbering?
Show an additional column on the leftmost to denote numbering.
Paging SizeItems to be displayed per page.
Popup Dialog Height

Height in character

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Popup Dialog Width

Width in character

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90%


Validation & Data Binder

Validation

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Validator

Attach a Validator plugin to validate the input value.

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Validation will take place whenever a form is submitted except when it is submitted as "Save as Draft".

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Unique ColumnColumn/Field ID to identify record ID.
Min Number of Row Validation (Integer)
Min Number of Row Validation (Integer)
Max Number of Row Validation (Integer)
Max Number of Row Validation (Integer)
Error Message
Error message to be shown when row requirements set above is not met.

Data Binder

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Load & Save Binder

Load Binder

Option by default. Grid data

 allows you to customize the method for data retrieval to populate the list grid in the form.

Save Binder allows you to customize the method on how the list grid row records are saved to.

This option is empty by default. An empty binder means that the list grid records will be saved/loaded

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Store Binder
Option by default. Grid data will be saved/loaded in JSON format in its defined database cell.

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the parent form & database table. See the list of available Form Binders.

The recommended binder to use is the Multirow Form Binder so that each record is saved into a child database table via a subform definition. The binder will update the foreign key "parent id" into each child record to point to the parent database table.

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Child Form Data Deletion Options

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Delete Associated Grid Data?

If the popup form has a grid element(s), this option will delete the inner grid data.

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These 3 options: (Delete Associated Grid Data, Delete Associated Child Form Data, Delete Files), in combination, does apply to nested grid/child elements.

These options traverse the entire form tree. Upon encountering a 'false' condition, it will move on to the next grid/child element.

Example: Consider that the popup form has a form grid, form grid has a subform, subform has a file upload element with abc.pdf. If all options are checked, abc.pdf will be deleted. If all except ONE of the options is checked, abc.pdf will NOT be deleted.

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Delete Associated Child Form Data?

If the popup form has a child element(s), this option will delete the child data.

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These 3 options: (Delete Associated Grid Data, Delete Associated Child Form Data, Delete Files), in combination, does apply to nested grid/child elements.

Delete Files?

If the popup form contains a file upload element, this option will delete the actual uploaded file(s).

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These 3 options: (Delete Associated Grid Data, Delete Associated Child Form Data, Delete Files), in combination, does apply to nested grid/child elements.

Abort Related Running Processes?If there are process instances related to the deleted row, these options will abort those process instances.


Advanced

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URL Request Parameters for Datalist

Refine the target Data List selections by defining the filter criteria here.

NameDescription
ParameterTarget Data List filter parameter name
Field IDCurrent form element field ID
Default ValueDefault Value for the search parameter

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