1/10/07

Design, create and associate LOV’s with text items in a form module

Each column in the LOV can be “linked” to a displayed field so that when the LOV item is selected, it can populate a number of fields on screen. Each column in the LOV can return to only one field in the form. When one of the values of the LOV is returned to the form, you have the option to “attaché the LOV to one of the fields so the users can invoke the list to select a value. An LOV is assigned to a text item in the form by setting the following properties:
List of values: Which LOV to associate with this item.
List X Position/ List Y position Specific location to display LOV are relative to the entire screen
Validate from list: Indicates that the LOV should be used to determine that the data entered into the field is valid. When data is typed into the field, the LOV is consulted to determine if the value entered is included in the LOV. For this property to work, the first column of the LOV must be the column that is bound to the form item.
It’s possible to configure an LOV so that it is not attached to a specific item and is available no matter where the user has navigated.
List of Values appears on the status line whenever an LOV is available to the current text item.

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