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Defining edit styles
244 DataWindow .NET
In the preceding example, when users see the value Business Services, the
corresponding data value could be 200.
❖ To use the DropDownListBox edit style:
1 Select DropDownListBox from the Style Type box.
2 Select the appropriate properties.
3 Enter the value you want to have appear in the Display Value box and the
corresponding data value in the Data Value box.
At runtime
You can define and modify a code table for a column in code by using the
SetCodeTableValue method at runtime. To obtain the value of a column at
runtime, use the
GetCodeTableValue method. To clear the code table of values,
use the
ResetCodeTable method.
For more about code tables, see “Defining a code table” on page 251.
The CheckBox edit style
If a column can take only one of two (or perhaps three) values, you might want
to display the column as a check box; users can select or clear the check box to
specify a value. In the following entry from a DataWindow object, users can
simply check or clear a box to indicate whether an employee has health
insurance:
❖ To use the CheckBox edit style:
1 In the Text box, enter the text you want displayed next to the check box.
Using accelerator keys
If the CheckBox has an accelerator key, enter an ampersand (&) before the
letter in the text that represents the accelerator key.
2 In the Data Value For boxes, enter the values you want put in the
DataWindow buffer when the CheckBox is checked (on) or unchecked
(off).
If you selected the 3 States box, an optional third state box (other) appears,
for the case when the condition is neither on nor off.