Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Modifying a Tabular Form
Your tabular form works, but you need to make some cosmetic modifications so you can better control what data is
entered into it. First, move the Add Tickets button to the top of the page:
1.
Edit
Page 230
of the application.
2.
Edit the
Add
button by double-clicking its name.
3.
In the
Displayed
section, set
Button Position
to
Region Template Position #CHANGE#
,
and click
Apply Changes
.
Next, you'll make some changes to the columns of the report.
4.
Edit the
Report Attributes
of the
Manage Multiple Tickets
report by right-clicking the
name of the report and selecting
Edit Report Attributes
.
5.
Uncheck the
Show
check box for
TICKET_ID_DISPLAY
, and then make sure all the
Sort
check boxes for all
displayed
columns except [row selector] are checked, as shown
in Figure
7-6
.
Figure 7-6.
Tabular form of column attributes
Edit the
SUBJECT
column by clicking the edit icon.
6.
In the
Column Attributes
region, set
Display As
to
Text Area
,
Element Width
to
20
, and
Number of Rows
to
3
, and click
Apply Changes
.
7.
Edit the
DESCR
column.
8.
In the
Column Attributes
region, set
Display As
to
Text Area
,
Element Width
to
20
, and
Number of Rows
to
3
, and click
Apply Changes
.
9.
Edit the
ASSIGNED_TO
column.
10.
11.
In the
Column Attributes
region, set
Display As
field to
Select List (Named LOV)
.
12.
In the
List of Values
section, set
Named LOV
to
TECHS
, and
Display Extra Values
to
No
,
Display Null
to
Ye s
, and enter
- Select a Tech -
for
Null Display Value
, as shown in
Figure
7-7
. Then click
Apply Changes
.
