Controls

Re: Dynamic Control

romaik — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:11:30 GMT

Hello Matt

For now, I only need to have Text Field or ComboBox.

The structure of the XML has changed a bit.

it would be :

<turbos>
        <turbo name="bathtub"></turbo>
        <turbo name="ground">
            <sub>tile</sub>
            <sub>carpet</sub>
        </turbo>
</turbos>

which means that I do not know how many turbo element I can have.
I guess I have to use a extensible table : on the left the name to display, on the right the control.

The problem is on how to say that : IF "turbo" element has no child then display a textfield

ELSE display a combobox with what is in "sub" tags

Thanks for the help

Re: Dynamic Control

Matt Faus — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:51:51 GMT

If you are trying to do this in a truly generic fashion, then no, there is no way to do it. However, if you know all of the possible schemas that might occur in the secondary data source, then you should be able to implement the controls for each one, and then use conditional formatting to display only the one that needs to be displayed.

Good luck!

Dynamic Control

romaik — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:09:24 GMT

Hello every one

I have a problem and I don't know how to sort it out.

I would like to know if there is a way to have different control depending on a secondadry data source ?

Example :

In my secondary data source, there is a line :

and it automaticaly creates a text field

Or I could have a data like this :

<actor>Jenny</actor>
</actors>

And it automatically creates a combo box with those names

Even worst : tags may not be actors or price, but text1, text2, not knowing to what it is refering (the process of the data is made through a java app)

Is there a way to make this ?