Designer

Labels
AJAX(112) App Studio(9) Apple(1) Application Builder(245) Application Factory(207) ASP.NET(95) ASP.NET 3.5(45) ASP.NET Code Generator(72) ASP.NET Membership(28) Azure(18) Barcode(2) Barcodes(3) BLOB(18) Business Rules(1) Business Rules/Logic(140) BYOD(13) Caching(2) Calendar(5) Charts(29) Cloud(14) Cloud On Time(2) Cloud On Time for Windows 7(2) Code Generator(54) Collaboration(11) command line(1) Conflict Detection(1) Content Management System(12) COT Tools for Excel(26) CRUD(1) Custom Actions(1) Data Aquarium Framework(122) Data Sheet(9) Data Sources(22) Database Lookups(50) Deployment(22) Designer(178) Device(1) DotNetNuke(12) EASE(20) Email(6) Features(101) Firebird(1) Form Builder(14) Globalization and Localization(6) How To(1) Hypermedia(2) Inline Editing(1) Installation(5) JavaScript(20) Kiosk(1) Low Code(3) Mac(1) Many-To-Many(4) Maps(6) Master/Detail(36) Microservices(4) Mobile(63) Mode Builder(3) Model Builder(3) MySQL(10) Native Apps(5) News(18) OAuth(9) OAuth Scopes(1) OAuth2(13) Offline(20) Offline Apps(4) Offline Sync(5) Oracle(11) PKCE(2) Postgre SQL(1) PostgreSQL(2) PWA(2) QR codes(2) Rapid Application Development(5) Reading Pane(2) Release Notes(184) Reports(48) REST(29) RESTful(29) RESTful Workshop(15) RFID tags(1) SaaS(7) Security(81) SharePoint(12) SPA(6) SQL Anywhere(3) SQL Server(26) SSO(1) Stored Procedure(4) Teamwork(15) Tips and Tricks(87) Tools for Excel(3) Touch UI(93) Transactions(5) Tutorials(183) Universal Windows Platform(3) User Interface(338) Video Tutorial(37) Web 2.0(100) Web App Generator(101) Web Application Generator(607) Web Form Builder(40) Web.Config(9) Workflow(28)
Archive
Blog
Designer
Saturday, September 1, 2012PrintSubscribe
Working with Categories

Data fields in form views are organized using categories.

In the Project Explorer, categories are found under a form view node.

Categories selected under the 'editForm1' view of Employees controller in Code On Time web application Explorer.

Creating a Category

A new category can be created using the New Category context menu option on a form view node.

New Category context menu option on a form view.

Arranging Categories

Categories can be moved using drag and drop commands.

Dropping a category onto another category will place it after the drop target.

Dropping a category onto another category.     The 'c1' category has been placed after category 'c2'.

Dropping a category on the right side of another category will also place it after the drop target.

Dropping category 'c1' on the right side of 'c3' category.     Category 'c1' has been placed after 'c3' category.

Dropping a category on the left side of another category will place it before the drop target.

Dropping 'c4' category on the left side of 'c1' category     Category 'c4' has been placed before category 'c1'.

Dropping a category on a different view will copy the category. If data fields in the dropped category already exist on the view, they will not be copied.

Dropping category 'c4' onto 'createForm1' view.     Category 'c4' has been copied into 'createForm1' view.

Dropping a category on a view in a different controller will copy the category. Data fields that are not compatible with the target controller or already exist in the view will not be copied.

Dropping 'c3' category onto view 'editForm1' in controller 'Customers'.      Category 'c3' has been copied into view 'editForm1' of controller 'Customers'. Only compatible data fields have been copied as well.

Renaming a Category

The Rename context menu option will change the category Id.

Rename context menu option for a category node in the Project Explorer.     Category 'c3' is in Rename mode in the Project Explorer.

Deleting a Category

Categories can be removed by using the Delete context menu option.

Delete context menu option on a category in the Project Explorer.

Saturday, September 1, 2012PrintSubscribe
Overview of Categories

Categories organize data fields in form views. Categories do not apply to other types of views.

Category Properties:

Property Description
Collapsed Specifies that the category will render as collapsed when the form is opened.
Controller Displays the controller that the category belongs to.
Description Specifies the text displayed underneath the header.
Floating Specifies that the data fields will float freely within the category.
Header Text Specifies the text displayed above the category.
Id Specifies the unique identifier for the category.
New Column Specifies that the category will start a new column. If disabled, it will start in a new row.
Tab Specifies the text of the tab that the category will belong to. If blank, no tabs will be displayed.
View Displays the view that the category belongs to.
Visible When Specifies a JavaScript expression. When it evaluates to true, the category will be displayed.

Learn to work with categories in the Project Designer.

Learn to drag and drop categories in the Project Explorer.

Common Tasks:

Property Description
Custom Category Template Learn to create a custom layout within a specific category.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012PrintSubscribe
Overview of Field Outputs

Field outputs specify the output target of commands with event set to Inserted or Inserting.

The field outputs can be found in the projects based on Microsoft SQL Server in the data controllers based on the tables with identity primary key. The outputs ensure that the ID of a newly inserted record is transferred from the server to the client.

Field Output Properties:

Property Description
Command Specifies the command that outputs data.
Controller Displays the controller that the field output belongs to.
Field Name Specifies which field the command will output data to. Usually specifies the identity-based primary key of the base data table of the data controller.

Learn to work with field outputs in the Project Designer.