A directory of links covering miscellaneous enhancements for the Web Grid component, including date pickers, row expanders, action javascript, and more.

The Detail View has most of the functionality and properties characteristic of a regular grid. You therefore have many options in shaping both the appearance of the Detail View and what it is capable of doing. You can define your Detail View's fields and properties on the Detail View > Fields and Detail View > Properties pages. These pages open automatically when you select the Grid contains a Detail View checkbox on the Component Type page.

Welcome to Alpha Five Version 11! If you thought we added a ton of functionality in Versions 10 and 10.5 plus the Feature Packs, you may have to recalibrate your notion of what defines a "ton of functionality".

A Custom Component or User-defined Custom Component is a way to create a component for reuse. Like Grid or UX Components, custom components are configured using a Component Builder and can be invoked using Action Javascript. Custom Components are an advanced feature for building web and desktop interfaces. Custom Components are not recommended for use in mobile applications.

Two types of reusable web components can be created by any developer with a good knowledge of Xbasic, HTML, and JavaScript. One type is the Custom Component, discussed in this article and those following. The other is the User-defined Component, which is both more flexible and harder to develop. We recommend starting by creating a Custom Component even if your ultimate goal is to develop a User-defined Component.

When you are viewing a form or browse, it is often helpful to see the structure of the table or set on which the form or browse is based. The View > Structure Information command displays the Set Information or Table Information dialog box. These dialog boxes provide quick summaries of table relationships (in a set), field and index characteristics, and database statistics.

Pages relating to Javascript used in the Grid Builder.

When the Tables/Sets tab of the Control Panel is visible, select a set and click Set > Properties to display the Set Information dialog box. The Set Information dialog box displays the following information about a set:

The Grid Component now fully supports the use of 'sequences'. Some databases, such as Oracle, implement auto-increment fields through the use of 'sequences'. A 'sequence' is an object that is used to get the next number for an auto-increment field when a record is inserted. In order to use a sequence to generate the ID values for an auto-increment field, you need to tell the Grid component what the name is of the sequence to use.