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User Interfaces for Extensions

Any option tags that are placed inside the

select

tag are ignored.

To add a database tree control to a dialog box, you can use the following sample code with
appropriate substitutions for quoted variables:

<select name="DBTree" style="width:400px;height:110px" ¬
type="mmdatabasetree" connection="connectionName" noexpandbuttons

showHeaders></select>

You can change the

connection

attribute to retrieve selected data and display it in the tree.

You can use the

DBTreeControl

attribute as a JavaScript wrapper object for the new tag.

For more examples, see the DBTreeControlClass.js file in the Configuration/Shared/
Common/Scripts folder.

Adding a variable grid control

The variable grid control has the following attributes:

The following example adds a simple variable grid control to a dialog box:

noexpandbuttons

When this attribute is specified, the tree control does not draw the
expand Plus (+) or collapse Minus (-)

indicators

or the associated

arrows on the Macintosh. This attribute is useful for drawing
multicolumn list controls.

showheaders

When this attribute is specified, the tree control displays a header at
the top that lists the name of each column.

Attribute name

Description

name

Name of the variable grid control

style

Width of the control, in pixels

type

Type of control

columns

Each column must have a name, separated by a comma

columnWidth

Width of each column, each separated by a comma. The columns are
of equal width if you do not specify widths.

Attribute name

Description