TABLE container

Defines a re-sizable table designed to display a list of records.

Syntax

TABLE [identifier] [ ( attribute [,...] ) ]
{
 title [...]
[col-name   [|...]     ]
[...]
[aggr-name  [|...]     ]
}  
END
  1. identifier defines the name of the element, it is optional but recommended.
  2. attribute is an attribute for the element.
  3. title is the text to be displayed as column title.
  4. col-name is an identifier that references a form field.
  5. aggr-name is an identifier that references an aggregate Field.

Form attributes

AGGREGATETEXT, COMMENT, DOUBLECLICK, FLIPPED, HIDDEN, FONTPITCH, STRETCHCOLUMNS, STYLE, TAG, UNHIDABLECOLUMNS, UNMOVABLECOLUMNS, UNSIZABLECOLUMNS, UNSORTABLECOLUMNS, WANTFIXEDPAGESIZE, WIDTH, HEIGHT.

Style attributes

Common: backgroundColor, border, fontFamily, fontSize, fontStyle, fontWeight, textColor, textDecoration.

Class-specific: allowWebSelection, forceDefaultSettings, headerAlignment, headerHidden, highlightColor, highlightCurrentCell, highlightCurrentRow, highlightTextColor, reduceFilter, rightFrozenColumns, rowActionTrigger, showGrid, summaryLineAlwaysAtBottom, tableType.

Usage

The TABLE container defines a list view element in a grid-based layout.

To create a table view in a grid layout, define the following elements in the form file:

  1. The layout of the list, with a TABLE container in the LAYOUT section.
  2. The column data types and field properties, in the ATTRIBUTES section.
  3. The field list definition to group form fields together with a screen array, in the INSTRUCTIONS section.

For more details about this item type, see TABLE item type.

Example

SCHEMA videolab 
LAYOUT ( TEXT="Customer list" )
TABLE ( TAG="normal" )
{
 [c1     |c2                        |c3        |c4 ]
 [c1     |c2                        |c3        |c4 ]
 [c1     |c2                        |c3        |c4 ]
 [c1     |c2                        |c3        |c4 ]
}
END
END
TABLES
  customer 
END
ATTRIBUTES
  EDIT c1 = customer.cust_num, TITLE="Num";
  EDIT c2 = customer.cust_name, TITLE="Customer name";
  EDIT c3 = customer.cust_cdate, TITLE="Date";
  CHECKBOX c4 = customer.cust_status, TITLE="Status";
END
INSTRUCTIONS
  SCREEN RECORD custlist( cust_num, cust_name, cust_cdate, cust_status )
END