The Version 5 Calendar control |
This topic describes the Version 5 Calendar control, which uses non-auto-generated controls to present properties as Date
, DateTime
, or TimeOfDay
values.
The Calendar control uses the auto-generated control pxDateTime. See Harness and Section forms — Adding a Calendar control.
Click the View propertiesicon to display the Cell Properties panel .
Your updates to this panel update the rule form upon clicking Apply. If the panel is pinned (), the wireframe on the rule form changes immediately to reflect your inputs. If the panel is not pinned (), click Apply to apply your inputs.
Field |
Description |
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Open icon |
(Appears only when this field is in a section included within the current open rule.) Click to open the section that immediately contains the field. |
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Property |
Select or type a property reference that identifies a single text value and has a Property Type of Alternatively, you can drag a property name from the lists of properties visible in the Application Explorer. Typically, this works for Click the Open icon to review the property (if the reference is to an existing property in the Applies To class of this rule or a parent of that class). If the property is not found, the New dialog box for the property form appears. You can reference properties on any page identified on the Pages & Classes tab, using the normal notation pagename.propertyname for pages other than the page corresponding to the Applies To class of the rule. If this field is in a cell of a section that includes parameter declarations on the Parameters tab, you can enter the notation param.NAME here, to use a parameter value for the field, where NAME identifies a string parameter. Make sure that the NAME parameter is declared on the Parameters tab, and that your application provides a non-blank value for the parameter value in all possible situations where the section appears. See Sections — Completing the Parameter tab. |
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Control |
To represent the property as a date and time with a pop-up calendar, keep the value DateTime-Calendar. Click the View propertiesicon to supply parameter values for this Control rule. All parameters are optional.
Click OK to save parameter values. If this DateTime property is within a section that itself has parameters (defined on the Parameters tab of the Section form), you can reference a section parameter to supply a Control parameter value, with the normal notation PARAM.Name. |
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Behavior |
Optional. Leave blank if no dynamic form actions to other parts of the form are to occur based on user updates or values for this field. To establish a dynamic form action, click the Gear icon to open the Client Event Editor in a new dialog window. Complete the Client Event Editor to select an event ( Click the help icon on the Client Event Editor for assistance. For general information on this capability, see Harness and Section forms Help — Client Event Editor. Client event support is not available for harnesses, sections, or flow actions that use directives. |
The General tab for a DateTime
field is identical to the General tab for a Text Input control. See About the Text Input control — General tab.
The Advanced tab for a DateTime
field is identical to the Advanced tab for a Text Input control. See About the Text Input control — Advanced tab.