Step 1 Create Department Section Dropdown Reusable

Step 1. Create Department / Section Dropdown Reusable

VFW074 – Create a Compound Reusable Part

1.  Create a new reusable part:

     Name: iiiVFW14

     Description: Department / Section Dropdown

2.  Resize the panel and drop the department dropdown reusable (iiiVFW13) onto the panel.

a.  Change its Name to DEPT_DD

b.  Give DEPT_DD a Top and Left property of 0.

     Your design should look like the following:

3.  Drag and drop a combo box onto the panel.

a.  Change its Name to SECT_DD.

b.  Find the Table SECTAB on the Repository tab.

c.  Drop fields SECDESC and SECTION into the combo box.

d.  Change the column sourced from SECTION Visible property to false. The combo box should be displaying the section description only. Change the ComboBoxStyle to DropDownList.

     A DropDownList style does not allow the user to enter a value. Only one of the displayed values may be selected.

e.  Resize the Combo box so that all of the section description text is visible.

f.  Position the sections Combo box closely underneath the department Combo box.

g.  Drop a Label component to the left of the sections Combo box and changes its Caption property to Sections. Adjust the Width and Height of the Label.

h.  Move the Label so that it is close underneath the "Departments" label and change the new Label's Left property to 0.

     Hint: To move components around accurately in the Design view, use the Ctrl+Cursor keys.

i.  Change the SECT_DD Combo box's Left property to 150.

     Your design should look like the following:

4.  Save your changes.