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The List Grid is best described similar to a Form Grid, but with the capability to add new records from a Datalist List instead.

The Advanced Grid is only available on Professional and Enterprise Edition.

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  1. Start the Joget Server and open the App Center.

  2. Log in as admin and click on the Design New App button. (see Figure 1)


    Figure 1

  3. Fill up the App Details as follows and click Save (see Figure 2):
      1. App ID: listgrid
      2. App Name: List Grid


    Figure 2

  4. You will be directed to the Design App. Click on the Create New Form button and fill up the Form Details as follows (see Figure 3):
    1. Form ID: formA
    2. Form Name: Form A
    3. Table Name: lg_a


    Figure 3

  5. Click on Save and you will be directed to the  Form Builder.

  6. Drag and drop a Text Field element on to the canvas.

  7. Hover Click on the mouse over the Text Field element element on the canvas and click on Edit to open up the Edit Text Configure Text Field properties.

  8. Fill up the Edit Text Field  properties as follows and click on OK (see Figure 4):
      1. ID: name
      2. Label: Name


    Figure 4

  9. Click Apply Changes and Save the changes on the Form Builder.

  10. Click on Generate App, select Generate CRUD and click OK (see Figure 5)

  11. Once the App Generator is complete, click on the link to launch the userviewUI.

  12. Click on New button and Save at least 2 records of data (see Figure 5)


    Figure 5

  13. Head back to the Design App.

  14. Click on the Create New Form button and fill up the Form Details as follows:
    1. ID: formB
    2. Form Name: Form B
    3. Table Name: lg_b
  15. Click on Save and you will be directed to the  Form Builder. 

  16. Drag and drop a List Grid element on to the canvas.

  17. Hover the mouse over Click on the List Grid element and click on it to open up the Edit List Configure List Grid properties.

  18. Fill up the Edit List Grid properties as follows and click on Next (see Figure 6):
    1. DatalistListList - Form A
    2. Columns: 

      Field IDLabel
      name

      Name


    Figure 6

  19. Click on Preview , click on the plus sign on the List Grid and it will open up a popup list displaying the data you recently entered in step 12. Tick any number of rows and click Submit button. The name of the data selected will be displayed in the List Grid.

List Grid Properties

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Configure List Grid

NameDescription
LabelElement Label to be displayed to the end-user.
ID

Element ID (By declaring as "account", a corresponding database table column "c_account" will be created)

Please see Form Element for more information about defining the ID and list of reserved IDs.

DatalistListDatalist List to display for selection.
Columns

The columns defined here must be correspondent to the Data List chosen above.

NameDescription
Field ID

Field ID of the target form.

Example:

In the "Account" form sourced in the Datalist List "Account Listing", there are Form Elements with the ID "id", and "accountName".

LabelColumn Label.
EditableYes/No
Format Type

If you would like to format the returned value, you may make use of the format type.

Default choice: Text

Available Format Types

  • Text - formats the value as text
  • HTML - outputs data as HTML
  • Multiple lines text - maintains the spacing formatting for multiple lines text, such as TextArea.
  • Decimal - formats as a decimal. The number of decimals is expected in the "Format" field.
  • Date - formats as a date. Original Date and New Date formats are expected in the "Format" field.

    Panel
    borderColorblue
    borderWidth1
    titleBGColor#ddffcc
    borderStylesolid

    Format: (original format)|(new format)

    Example of usage:
    Original value:
    5/23/2012
    Expected value: 2012/5/23
    Format :
    M/d/y|y/M/d

    Note: Please refer to Java SimpleDateFormat for date format.

  • File - Show the value as a link to the attachment. Form Def ID is expected in the "Format" field.

    Info
    titleExpected Form Def ID

    Specify the Form Def ID that contains the actual File Upload form element.

  • Image - Show the value as a thumbnail of the attachment. Form Def ID is expected in the "Format" field.

    Info
    titleExpected Form Def ID

    Specify the Form Def ID that contains the actual Image Upload / File Upload form element.

  • Options - Show the label of a multiple-choice element given the value given. Form Def ID is expected in the "Format" field.

    Info
    titleExpected Form Def ID

    Specify the Form Def ID that contains the actual Select Box / Radio / CheckBox form element.

FormatDepending on your chosen Format Type, an additional argument may be entered here.
Width

Column width in characters.

Code Block
titleSample
200px

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NameDescription
URL Request Parameters for DatalistList

Refine the target Data List selections by defining the filter criteria here.

NameDescription
ParameterTarget Data List filter parameter name
Field IDCurrent form element field ID
Default ValueDefault Value for the search parameter

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