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Working with Input Items

Objectives

• Identify Different Types Of Items


• Create Input Items such as
– Text Items
– Checkbox
– Radio Group
– List item
Items

Allows user Does not


input
Input Items Non-Input Items Allow user
input
• Text item
• Check Box
• Radio Group
• List item Display Items Non Display Items
• Display item • Push Button
• Image item • Sound Item
• calculated item
• Hierarchical Tree
item etc.
Text Items

• Default item type


• Interface object for:
– Querying
– Inserting
– Updating
– Deleting
• Behavior defined in the Property Palette
Text Item -Prompts

• Prompts are label text displayed to identify the item.


• Justification of prompts can be set through properties
• Prompt visual attributes can be assigned.

Prompt
Text Item
Navigational Behavior of Text Items

• Navigation occurs in the same sequence how they are organized in


object navigator
• Navigation can be controlled by following properties
– Keyboard Navigable
– Next Navigation item
– Previous Navigation Item
Database properties

Use properties in the Database group to control:

• Item’s data source—base table item or control item


• Query, insert, and update operations on an item
• Maximum query length
• Case Insensitive Query
Synchronize with Item Property
Copy value from Item
Other properties of text items

• Format Mask Ex: L099G999D99.99, DD-MON-YY


• Enabled
• Conceal Data - Used for creating password fields

• Initial Value Assign Default value


• Case Restriction Upper, Lower, Mixed case
• Item Justification Left, Start, Centered
• Multiline To type more than one line of text
Used for Remarks, Comments etc.
Checkbox

• Interface Object which represents two states, but not limited to two
values
– Checked
– Unchecked
Crating a Checkbox

• Convert an existing item.


• Use the Check Box tool in the Layout Editor.
• Use the Create icon in the Object Navigator
• Default text item is created change the item type property to
checkbox..
Properties of Checkbox

• Data Type
• Label
• Access Key
• Value When Checked
• Value When Unchecked
• Check Box Mapping of Other Values
• Mouse Navigate
Radio Group

• Set of radio buttons each represents a value.


• Used to display
– Two or more choices.
– As an alternative to checkbox
and list item.
Creating a Radio Group

• Convert an existing item.


• Use the Radio Button tool in the Layout Editor.
• Use the Create icon in the Object Navigator
• Default text item is created change the item type property to
Radio Group.
Radio Group and Radio Button Properties

Radio group Radio button


• Data Type • Access Key
• Mapping of Other Values • Label
• Mouse Navigate • Radio Button Value
List Items

• Set of mutually exclusive choices, each representing a different value


• Three styles of List items available
• Space-saving alternative to a radio group
• Smaller-scale alternative to an LOV
List Styles

Poplist

T-list

Combo Box
Creating List item

• Convert an existing item.


• Use the List Item tool in the Layout Editor.
• Use the Create icon in the Object Navigator
• Default text item is created change the item type property to
List Item.
List Item Properties

• Elements in List:
– List elements
– List item value
• List Style
• Mapping of Other Values
• Mouse Navigate
Assigning List values
Summary

• Types of Items
• Input Items
Creating Text item
Creating Checkbox
Creating Radio Group
Crating List item.
and their properties.

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