To get combo-boxes or check-boxes in Four Js Business Development Suite (BDS), .per forms could define fields with the WIDGET attribute. To ease migration, the WIDGET attribute and the corresponding form field widgets are still supported in Genero Business Development Language (BDL), but these are now deprecated: You should use new BDL form item types instead.
Figure 1. Four Js BDS-specific widgets
This table shows new Genero BDL form item types corresponding to old BDS WIDGET fields:
| WIDGET= | Description | Genero equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| WIDGET="Canvas" | Drawing area for fgldraw functions | CANVAS item type |
| WIDGET="BUTTON" | Text push button firing key event | BUTTON item type |
| WIDGET="BMP" | Image push button firing key event | BUTTON item type |
| WIDGET="CHECK" | Checkbox field | CHECKBOX item type |
| WIDGET="CHECK" + CLASS="KEY" | Checkbox field firing key event | CHECKBOX item type + ON CHANGE trigger in program |
| WIDGET="COMBO" | Combobox field | COMBOBOX item type |
| WIDGET="FIELD_BMP" | Edit field with push button | BUTTONEDIT item type |
| WIDGET="LABEL" | Label field (no input) | LABEL item type |
| WIDGET="RADIO" | Radio group field | RADIOGROUP item type |
| WIDGET="RADIO" + CLASS="KEY" | Radio group field firing key event | RADIOGROUP item type + ON CHANGE trigger in program |
Genero introduced more form item types like DATEEDIT, PROGRESSBAR.
Figure 2. New form types in Genero