Harness, Section, and Flow Action forms
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You can embed a report display (a list view display) within a section, harness, or flow action form. When specified on the Selectable tab of the list view rule, users of the work object form can select and process rows of the report. PROJ-649 5.4 For an example, see Example: Embedded list view display in a flow action.
1. Develop and test the list view
Create the list view rule to be presented.
2. Add the List View control to the form.
Click the down-arrow () at the right end of the Advanced control group () and select the List View control (). Drag the control. When the pointer changes shape to indicate that you can drop the layout, release the mouse button.
If the destination cell is not empty, the dropped paragraph replaces the current contents of the cell. Click the magnifying glass icon () to display the Cell Properties panel.
3. Complete the Cell Properties panel — Top fields
Complete the Cell Properties panel that appears.GRP-229
If the panel is pinned, the wireframe presentation on the rule form changes immediately to reflect of your inputs. If the panel is not pinned, click OK to apply your inputs.
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Property |
Accept the property name .pyTemplateListView. This property is a placeholder; no property value is computed by this control. |
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Control |
Accept the default value
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Client Event |
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. C-1990 To establish a dynamic form action, click the magnifying
glass 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 Implementing dynamic form actions and the Client Event Editor. Event support is available for harness, section, or flow
action rules that have Generate for set to
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4. Complete the Cell Properties panel — General tab
The General tab for a ListView control is identical to the General tab for an Input Box control. See Completing the Layout tab — Adding an Input Box — General tab.
5. Complete the Cell Properties panel — Advanced tab
The Advanced tab for a ListView control is identical to the Advanced tab for an Input Box control. See Completing the Layout tab — Adding an Input Box — Advanced tab.
The HTML Property rule ListView supports the configuration described here. Do not use the select this for the Display Property field on the General tab of a Property form.
You can't use the report paging feature in a list view display within SmartInfo pop-up section that has a close box. GAGNP 3/10/08
A specific list view display can occur only once in any work object form or flow action form.
As an advanced alternative to the approach described here, you can use the listView JSP tag in hand-coded flow action, section, or harness rule, and disable auto-generation of HTML code. See listView JavaServer Pages tag.