View
Wizard facilitates access to on-demand custom list box formatting and
browse sorting from within any application. This process is easily
integrated into existing or new applications by simply dropping the View
Wizard browse extension template onto any Clarion Browse. View Wizard
supports development under Clarion versions 5.5, 6.1, and 6.2 using either
the ABC or Clarion (legacy) template chains.
From the Developer's Perspective
Provide end-users with the ability to modify (and save) a browse's
list box layout and/or sort order.
Saved views may be recalled via drop list controls, browse selection
dialogs or programmatically.
Optionally enable the end-user with the ability to hide/show columns.
Designate columns that should be hidden by default but are available
for display by the user.
Optionally "Lock" important columns so that the end user
cannot remove them from the list.
Optionally create alternate column names for columns that have no
heading or an abbreviated heading to allow for easy column management by
the user.
Sort orders may be default, selected from existing keys, or completely
ad-hoc (using fields of the end-user's choice). The dynamic sort order
can be saved with the column arrangement to provide a set of views
completely tailored by the end-user.
This dialog is the
first of two potential steps and is composed of the fields available for the view column
layout. From this dialog, the user selects the fields they wish to appear in the view.
This dialog is the
second of two potential steps and is composed of three options which allow the user to
determine the view's sort order. The user may use the browse's default sort order, choose
an existing (predefined) key or create their own custom sort order.