Summary
REP002 - Field Visualizations
Important Observations
- Field visualizations can be used in LANSA components such as forms, reusable parts, WAMs, etc.
- Fields types such as Alpha, String, Packed and Signed have a simple entry field as the default visualization, but many other types of visualizations, such as Radio buttons, drop downs, spin buttons, and other visualizations can be added.
- Field types such as DateTime have specialized visualizations that include features like calendar prompts.
- You can control which visualization is used by default. In the example of the iiiEmployNotes field, you would want a multi-line entry field to be used instead of a single entry field. Hence, the multi-line field was defined as the default visualization.
Tips and Techniques
- Field visualizations ensure a consistent presentation of your fields.
- Field visualizations can be extremely powerful in the case of simple list selections. For example, a field GENDER can be visualized as Male and Female radio buttons. By defining this visualization once, it is automatically available to all components.
- For detailed examples of coding Field Visualizations, refer to the .
What I Should Know
- How to create a field visualization.
- How to perform simple changes to the field visualization definitions.
- How to set the default visualization.