Extra Property Editors

This section introduces Xafari extra property editors. For more details on a particular editor, please click its title in the table below.

Title and Description

Platform Support

Win

Web

Tabbed Detail

Displays the groups of hierarchical tabs and NestedFrame; the tabs allow changing the Detail Views displayed in the NestedFrame. The idea is that the object properties are apportioned among several Detail Views.

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Enum

Is used for the Enum properties with FlagsAttribute; the user can check the values via the CheckedComboBox or CheckedListBox control.

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Expression

Provides the capability of using the DevExpress Expression string; the user can create such a string visually at runtime, validate and debug it, navigate through metadata, use operators, functions, constants, and XAF parameters.

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Vertical Grid

Displays an object using VGridControl.

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View Id

Edits the strings storing the ViewId value; all available Views, types, and captions are shown in a dropdown list.

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Google Map

Is intended for the properties of Xafari.Base .GeoPoint type displaying the location of a business object on the Google map.

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ASPx Group

Displays a group of properties in the Edit mode when the Detail View works in the View Mode.

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Quick Choice

Is an alternative to the standard ASPx Lookup Property Editor and is used for fast searching by key fields without displaying additional popup windows.

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Xafari Multiple Lookup

Allows selecting any required items in the dropdown List View at once, displays all selected objects in one string; it results in compact layout of data in Detail View.

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Period Struct

Allows specifying any range of dates for filtering data in the List View of an XAF application.

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Date

Allows entering dates straight to the boxes (without the use of the popup calendar).

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Xafari Lookup

Displays the reference properties in Windows forms applications.

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Type Image

Is derived from the standard Type Property Editor; displays the icon for the type defined in the Application Model.

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Object Set

Is intended for the properties of Xafari.ObjectSet<> type providing the ability to work with a set of selected objects (ObjectSet).

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Hyper Link

Displays string properties containing hyperlinks in URI format; mouse click activates the link.

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Folder Browser

Displays string properties that represent folder path; uses the FolderBrowserDialog control to select the folder.

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Label

Displays string properties with LabelControl making the data look as static text.

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Progress Bar

For Int type properties, it allows to store and display the current values as a progress bar.

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HTML

For String type properties, it allows to edit text in html-format.

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