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Monday, June 4, 2012PrintSubscribe
Search Options Disable Multiple Values

The dropdown under each column header has the “Filter…” option.

Multiple Value Filter option for Last Name column.

When clicked, it displays a check box list of filter values for the field. The user can then filter the field with multiple values.

Multiple Values selected for filtering on the Last Name field.

This feature can be disabled.

Start the Project Designer. In the Project Explorer, double-click on Employees / container1 / view1 / grid1 / LastName data field node.

LastName data field of grid1 view of Employees page.

Change the Search Mode property:

Property New Value
Search Mode
$disablemultiplevalues

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

Navigate to the Employees page and activate the header dropdown for Last Name column. The “Filter…” option will not be available.

Multiple Value Filter option under Last Name column dropdown is not available.

Monday, June 4, 2012PrintSubscribe
Disabling Auto Complete in the Search Bar

The Advanced Search Bar enables auto complete for the text fields.

Last Name search field with Auto Complete enabled.

The feature may be disabled when necessary.

Start the Project Designer. In the Project Explorer, double-click on Employees / container1 / view1 / grid1 / LastName data field node.

LastName data field on 'view1' of Employees controller.

Make the following change:

Property New Value
Search Options
$disableautocomplete

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

When a web browser window opens, navigate to Employees page and open the advanced search bar. The Last Name search field no longer has Auto Complete capabilities enabled.

Last Name search field with Auto Complete disabled.

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Data Field Search Modes

The Advanced Search Bar allows end users to combine specific search parameters to find the data they need.

When the user first opens the search bar, three search fields will be present, matching the first three data fields in the grid.

Default advanced search bar for Products grid view.

The web app can be customized to require users to use a search field, suggest a field, or restrict users from searching by a specific field.

For example, the customized search bar below has one required field (Product Name) and three suggested fields (Unit Price, Units In Stock, Units On Order) that appear when the user opens the search bar for the first time. The required Product Name field cannot be changed.

Customized search bar for Products grid view. Product Name is required and cannot be changed. Unit Price, Units In Stock, and Units On Order are suggested.

If a search is performed without entering a parameter in the required field, the user will be notified that the field is required.

When a search is performed without a required search parameter, the user will be prompted to enter a parameter.

The Discontinued field was marked as “Forbidden”, and does not show up on the list of searchable fields.

Fields marked as 'Forbidden' will not show up on the list of search fields.