CatalogView Section Attributes

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See Also

CatalogView Options, CatalogView Sections (Video)

Details

Attribute	Description
Name	The name for this section (unique to the page)
Meta types	A comma separated list of metatype names
Type	The type of section: catalogview (readonly)
Caption	The section caption displayed in the section header
Database	The database for this section
Table	The table for this section
Height	The section height
Fixed height	Fix the section height (True | False)

Appearance

Attribute	Description
Margin	Margin size around the section
Add spacer at bottom	Add spacer at bottom of section (True | False)

Header

Attribute	Description
Hide header	Hide section header at runtime(True | False)
Hide actionbar	Hide actionbar buttons in the section header (True | False)
Header CSS style	CSS style (separate attributes with ; or use app:/filename.css)
Header icon	The image for the Header (png | jpg | gif). Use app:/imagename.ext for app specific images.
Gradient colors	Render the Header background color as a gradient (True | False)
Gradient type	Specify the gradient type
Gradient start color	Gradient start color
Gradient end color	Gradient end color
Show Print button	Show Print button in the section header (True | False)
Hide custom search icon	Hide the custom search icon (True | False)
Show info tips icon	Show the info tips icon in the section header (True | False)
Show help icon	Show the help icon in the section header (True | False)
Help topic	Help topic to display when the help icon is clicked in the section header

CatalogView Options

Attribute	Description	Desktop	Web	Tablet	Phone
Heading	The Catalogview heading. This defaults to none, which causes the heading to not be displayed
Cell width	The width of each cell (this is a percentage that the cell will used in the display area). This defaults to 100%
Cell height	The height of the cell in pixels. This defaults to just take up the space that is required to display the cell
Columns across	The number of columns to display across the page
Image	The name of the (blob/object) column in the table containing the image for each cell
Image width	The width of the image in pixels
Image height	The height of the image in pixels
Caption	The name of the (character) column in the table containing the caption for each cell
Caption delegate	The inline delegate to invoke when the caption is clicked.
Caption link searchkey	The search key expression to be postfixed to the caption delegate when it is invoked
Sub caption	The name of the (character) column in the table containing the sub-caption for each cell
Details	The name of the (memo/varchar) column in the table containing the details for each cell
Read more	Show the 'Read more' link (True | False)
Details height	Maximum height of details to display if 'Read more' is specified
Read more delegate	The inline delegate to invoke when the 'Read more' link is clicked. Alternatively, the 'Click' delegate can be used.
Read more link searchkey	The search key expression to be postfixed to the 'Read more' delegate when it is invoked
Order by	The orderby expression for the data in the Catalogview
Filter	The filter expression that restricts which records will be included in the Catalogview
Pagination	Paginate the rows displayed (True | False)
Pagination size	The number of rows to paginate
CSS Stylesheet	You can override the CSS style for the table containing the cells and the style of the cells themselves by specifying your own stylesheet.
Other options	Other Catalogview options
Custom library	Custom library containing the Tile producer delegate.
Tile producer	Delegate to call to render a custom tile. This should just output the HTML.

Related Data

Attribute	Description
Parent section name	Name of related parent section
Automatically relate	Automatically relate the child section (True | False). If this is unchecked then you need to manually relate it in the parentdatachanged delegate.

Menu

Attribute	Description	Desktop	Web	Tablet	Phone
Visible	Section menu visible (True | False)
Height	Section menu height
Background color	Section menu background color
Foreground color	Section menu foreground color
Custom menu	Section menu contents
Custom action	Action to perform when a menu item is selected

Search Panel

Attribute	Description	Desktop	Web	Tablet	Phone
Visible	Section search panel visible (True | False)
Height	Section search panel height
Background color	Section search panel background color
Foreground color	Section search panel foreground color
Auto create	Automatically create search panel for all Section search fields	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Custom search panel	The delegate used to create the custom search panel

Subtitle

Attribute	Description	Desktop	Web	Tablet	Phone
Visible	Section subtitle visible (True | False)
Caption	Section subtitle caption
Height	Section subtitle height
Background color	Section subtitle background color
Foreground color	Section subtitle foreground color
Font	Section subtitle font
CSS style	CSS style

Footer

Attribute	Description	Desktop	Web	Tablet	Phone
Visible	Section footer visible (True | False)
Caption	Section footer caption
Height	Section footer height
Background color	Section footer background color
Foreground color	Section footer foreground color
Custom menu	Section footer menu contents
Custom action	Action to perform when a footer menu item is selected
Footer button CSS	Footer button CSS style
Footer button width	Footer button width

Other Options

Attribute	Description
Hide form NavBar	Hide form Navigation Bar at runtime if this section is in an Accordion Stack (True | False)
Collapsable	The section is collapsible at runtime (True | False)
Exclude from accordion	The section is excluded from accordion behavior at runtime (True | False)

Custom Delegates

Attribute	Description
Scripting language	The default scripting language for custom code in this section (Inherit | Recital | Visual FoxPro | Python | JavaScript | PHP)
Custom library	The filename of the library containing code for event handlers and custom procedures/functions
Expanded	The delegate for the Expanded event
Collapsed	The delegate for the Collapsed event
Parent data changed	The delegate for the ParentDataChanged event
Timer	The delegate for the Timer event
Timer interval	The timer interval in seconds that the Timer event will be called at runtime
Custom footer menu	The delegate for the footer menu event
Custom search command	The delegate for the search event
Custom section menu	The delegate for the section menu event

Permissions and Roles

Attribute	Description	Desktop	Web	Tablet	Phone
Create roles	A comma separated list of roles that can perform create operations on data in the section	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Read roles	A comma separated list of roles that can read (and view) the section
Update roles	A comma separated list of roles that can perform update operations on data in the section	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Delete roles	A comma separated list of roles that can perform delete operations on data in the section	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

UI Presentation Rules

Attribute	Description
Desktop	Include this section in a Desktop client (True | False).
Web	Include this section in a Web client (True | False).
Tablet	Include this section in a Tablet client (True | False).
Phone	Include this section in a Phone client (True | False).
UI States	UI states that affect this section. Specify multiple states as a comma separated list.
Initial UI state	The initial UI state for this section. This will be applied to the section and all its fields and gadgets.
Readonly when	Section is readonly at runtime if specified expression evaluates to true.
Visible when	Section is visible at runtime if specified expression evaluates to true.
Display orientation	Display depending on mobile device orientation for Tablets and Phones. (Always | Portrait | Landscape)
Apply rules on change	Apply UI presentation rules (Visible when and Readonly when) when data is changed interactively or when navigating records (True | False).
Apply rules on parent change	Apply section UI presentation rules (Visible when and Readonly when) when parent data is changed by navigating records (True | False)