Summary
VFW102 – Field Visualizations in a Grid
Important Observations
- Field Visualization provides a simple consistent interface for activities such as prompting. However, for very complex prompting requirements, you will most likely need to create another component.
- Using reusable parts and prompter forms ensures that the same field provides a consistent interface wherever used.
- Having multiple visualizations for the same field allows you to turn off/change the style of field for particular situations.
Tips & Techniques
- When creating a prompter form you must ensure that you follow the prompter form guidelines. When a a property is added to the form, ensure it is made the default property for the form, such as DefaultPty(p_Employee_Number) in this example:
DEFINE_PTY NAME(P_EMPLOYEE_NUMBER) GET(*AUTO #EMPNO) SET(SET_EMPNO)
- The SET of this property will be called when the user activates the prompter (via either F4 or the ellipses button).
What I Should Know
- How to define list column properties to provide check box, combo box, image and text and multiline edit visualization.
- Input capable Date and DateTime columns will show a date prompt by default.
- How to define a prompter field visualization.
- How to implement a prompter form visualization in a list column.