Working with Input Items

Objectives

• Identify Different Types Of Items

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

– List item

Items

Input Items Non-Input ItemsAllows userinput

Does notAllow userinput

• Text item• Check Box• Radio Group• List item Display Items Non Display Items

• Display item• Image item• calculated item• Hierarchical Tree item etc.

• Push Button• Sound Item

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

• Data Type

• Mapping of Other Values

• Mouse Navigate

Radio button

• Access Key

• Label

• 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.