Designer

Fields automatically created by Code On Time generator have sorting enabled by default. However, if a calculated field is created by a developer, sorting must be explicitly allowed. Ability to sort may also be disabled on any field.

For example, the Employees grid view below has been configured to display a calculated field called Full Name. When you mouse over the Full Name column header, it is rendered as text and there is no dropdown available for filtering or sorting operations.

Let’s allow sort operations on the field.

Start the Project Designer. In the Project Explorer, switch to the Controllers tab and double-click on Employees / Fields / FullName field node.

Enable sorting.

Press OK to save the field. On the toolbar, press Browse.

Navigate to the Employees page. Mouse over the Full Name header – it will be rendered as a link, and a dropdown menu will be available with sorting options.

Clicking on the column header text once will activate the first sorting option.

Clicking on the text again will activate the second option.

A sort can be deactivated by clicking on the sort option in the dropdown.

Categories are used to group data fields in form views.

In the Project Designer, categories can be found on the Categories tab of a view properties page.

Create new categories by using the action New | New Category on the action bar.

Category details can be viewed and edited by clicking on the Header Text link or using the context menu option Open.

The Sync context menu option will select the relevant category node in the Project Explorer.

The category Id can be changed using Rename context menu option in the Project Explorer.

Categories can be quickly found using the Navigate To window.

Move and arrange categories using drag and drop commands in the Project Explorer.

Categories can be removed using the Delete context menu option.