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DataWindow object examples
You can display the data in the format that best presents the data to your users.
Edit styles
If a column can take only a small number of values, you can have the data
appear as radio buttons in a DataWindow object so that users know what their
choices are.
Display formats
If a column displays phone numbers, salaries, or dates, you can specify the
format appropriate to the data.
Validation rules
If a column can take numbers only in a specific range, you can specify a simple
validation rule for the data, without writing any code, to make sure users enter
valid data.
Enhancing
DataWindow objects
If you want to enhance the presentation and manipulation of data in a
DataWindow object, you can include computed fields, pictures, and graphs that
are tied directly to the data retrieved by the object.
Reports versus
DataWindow objects
Reports and DataWindow objects are the same objects. You can open and
modify both in the DataWindow painter. However, a report is not updatable and
can only be used to present data. For information about how you can specify
whether users can update the data in a DataWindow object, see Chapter 6,
“Controlling Updates in DataWindow Objects.”