Automating source synchronization in controls
Improve the maintainability of your application by defining sources for the values that populate user interface controls. When you tie a control to a list source, the values in the control change automatically to reflect the state of the source, which saves development time.
- In the layout that contains the control that you want to edit, click the View properties icon.
- In the Properties panel of the control, in the
List Source section, select the list source:
Choices Actions As defined on property Click Submit. Data page - In the Data page field, specify the data page that you want to use as the source of the list values.
- In the Data source property field, specify the property from which you want to source the list.
- If your data page has parameters, and you want to limit the results to display, in the Value field, specify the value that you want to use as a filter.
Clipboard page - In the Clipboard page field, specify the clipboard page that you want to use as the source of the list values.
- In the Data source property field, specify the property from which you want to source the list.
Report definition - In the Report definition field, specify the report definition page that you want to use as the source of the list values.
- In the Applies to field, specify the class of the report definition.
- If your report definition has parameters, and you want to limit the results to display, in the Value field, specify the value that you want to use as a filter.
- In the Data source property field, specify the property from which you want to source the list.
- Click Submit.
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