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Introduction
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The List Grid is best described similar to a Form Grid, but with the capability to add new records from a Datalist instead. The Advanced Grid is only available on Professional and Enterprise Edition. |
Get Started
The easiest way to see how the List Grid works is to create a new app. Here are the steps:
- Start the Joget Server and open the App Center.
- Log in as admin and click on the Design New App button. (see Figure 1)
Figure 1
- Fill up the App Details as follows and click Save (see Figure 2):
- App ID: listgrid
- App Name: List Grid
Figure 2
- You will be directed to the Design App. Click on the Create New Form button and fill up the Form Details as follows (see Figure 3):
- Form ID: formA
- Form Name: Form A
- Table Name: lg_a
Figure 3
- Click on Save and you will be directed to the Form Builder.
- Drag and drop a Text Field element on to the canvas.
- Hover the mouse over the Text Field element on the canvas and click on Edit to open up the Edit Text Field properties.
- Fill up the Edit Text Field properties as follows and click on OK (see Figure 4):
- ID: name
- Label: Name
Figure 4
- Click on Save on the Form Builder.
- Click on Generate App, select Generate CRUD and click OK (see Figure 5)
- Once the App Generator is complete, click on the link to launch the userview.
- Click on New button and Save at least 2 records of data (see Figure 5)
Figure 5
- Head back to the Design App.
- Click on the Create New Form button and fill up the Form Details as follows:
- ID: formB
- Form Name: Form B
- Table Name: lg_b
- Click on Save and you will be directed to the Form Builder.
- Drag and drop a List Grid element on to the canvas.
- Hover the mouse over the List Grid element on the canvas and click on Edit to open up the Edit List Grid properties.
- Fill up the Edit List Grid properties as follows and click on Next (see Figure 6):
- Datalist: List - Form A
Columns:
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Figure 6
- Click on Preview , click on the plus sign on the List Grid and it will open up a popup list displaying the data you recently entered in step 12. Tick any number of rows and click Submit button. The name of the data selected will be displayed in the List Grid.
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Name | Description |
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ID | Element ID (By declaring as "account", a corresponding database table column "c_account" will be created) Please see Form Element for more information about defining the ID and list of reserved IDs. |
Label | Element Label to be displayed to the end-user. |
Datalist | Datalist to display for selection. |
Columns | The columns defined here must be correspondent to the Data List chosen above. Name | Description |
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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". | Label | Column Label. | Editable | Yes/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. Panel |
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borderColor | blue |
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borderWidth | 1 |
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titleBGColor | #ddffcc |
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borderStyle | solid |
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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. Info |
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title | Expected Form Def ID |
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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. Info |
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title | Expected Form Def ID |
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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. Info |
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title | Expected Form Def ID |
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| Specify the Form Def ID that contains the actual Select Box / Radio / CheckBox form element. |
| Format | Depending on your chosen Format Type, an additional argument may be entered here. | Width | Column width in characters. |
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UI
Sorting
Name | Description |
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Enable Sorting Feature | Determines if the ordering of rows is to be enforced. |
Field ID for Sorting | Field to keep the ordering sequence; must correspond with a field id in the target form. |
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Name | Description |
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URL Request Parameters for Datalist | Refine the target Data List selections by defining the filter criteria here. Name | Description |
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Parameter | Target Data List filter parameter name | Field ID | Current form element field ID | Default Value | Default Value for the search parameter |
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