Let's enter the following values:
Some controls are a bit more complex than others, especially those that display data. This is the case of Combo box, List, Tree and Table.
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Add a combo box to the composer (see How to add a control to the composer) |
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When the combo box is selected, the following properties
display:
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Select the Values attribute. The Text
Editor displays.
Let's enter the following values:
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Select the OK button. |
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Select the Selected Item attribute and type the
value 'Item 7'
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The selected item in the combo box is now 'Item 7' as shown
here:
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Add a list to the composer (see How to add a control to the composer) |
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When the list is selected, the following properties
display:
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Select the Values attribute. The Text
Editor displays.
Let's enter the following values:
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Select the OK button. |
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Select the Selected Item attribute and type the
value 'Item 7'
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The selected item in the list is now 'Item 7' as shown
here:
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Add a tree to the composer (see How to add a control to the composer) |
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When the tree is selected, the following properties
display:
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Select the Values attribute. The Tree
Editor displays.
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To add a tree item, select a node in the tree and select the
Add button. The new item will be a child of the selected node. In
the figure above, Fruits is a child of Food and Apple
is a child of Fruits.
To remove a tree item, select it in the tree and select the To edit a tree item, select it in the tree and select the |
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Select the Close button to exit the editor. |
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Add a table to the composer (see How to add a control to the composer) |
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When the table is selected, the following properties
display:
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Select the Values attribute. The Table
Editor displays.
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Populate the table by adding rows and columns and filling the newly created cells with data. |
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Add Row: To add a row, select a row and select the Add Row
button. The row is added after the selected row.
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Here's a sample table where we added 5 rows and 5 columns:
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The column headers can be edited by double-cliquing on
them. (See In-place editing)
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Remove button. Note: When removing a parent node, all
children of this node are removed. In the figure above, if you were to
select Food and remove it, the whole tree would be removed.
Edit button.
Insert Row: To insert a row, select a row and select the Insert
Row button. The row is added before the selected row.
Remove Row: To remove a row, select it in the table and select the Remove
Row button.
Add Column: To add a column, select a column and select the Add
Column button. The column is added after the selected column.
Insert Column: To insert a column, select a column and select the Insert
Column button. The column is added before the selected column.
Remove Column: To remove a column, select it in the table and
select the Remove Column
button.