[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]
Gets or sets the value determining if the Browse activity is allowed
Namespace:
Firefly.BoxAssembly: Firefly.Box (in Firefly.Box.dll) Version: 3.4.23.6473 (3.4.23.6473)
Syntax
Remarks
The Browse activity can be set before the execution of the UIController or the user can raise the SwitchToBrowseActivity command to switch to it.
While in Browse activity, the user cannot make any changes to the values but can use incremental search
Examples
Deferent Activity
This example is based on test data. The code for the entities included in this test data can be found in the documentation of Entity
This example uses automatic tools to generate parts of the user interface. Those tools can be found in the example of the documentation of Form
CopyC#
This example is based on test data. The code for the entities included in this test data can be found in the documentation of Entity
This example uses automatic tools to generate parts of the user interface. Those tools can be found in the example of the documentation of Form

using Firefly.Box; using Firefly.Box.UI; namespace TestFirefly.Box.Documentation { public class DemoSwitchActivities { public void Run() { var jobs = new Pubs.Jobs(); jobs.InitializeWithTestData(); var uic = new UIController { From = jobs, AllowBrowse = true,//the default AllowDelete = true,//the default AllowInsert = true,//the default AllowUpdate = true,//the default View = UITools.GenerateFormWithGridFor("Jobs and activities", "Press the buttons below to switch between the deferent activities, notice that the title displays the current activity", jobs.Columns.ToArray()) }; //Set the form title according to the activity uic.ActivityChanged += () => uic.View.Text = "The Activity is " + uic.Activity.ToString(); var switchToInsert = new Button { Text = "Switch To Insert", Width = 100 }; switchToInsert.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.SwitchToInsertActivity); var switchToBrowse = new Button { Text = "Switch To Browse", Width = 100 }; switchToBrowse.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.SwitchToBrowseActivity); var switchToUpdate = new Button { Text = "Switch To Update", Width = 100 }; switchToUpdate.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.SwitchToUpdateActivity); var insertRow = new Button { Text = "Insert Row" }; insertRow.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.InsertRow); var deleteRow = new Button { Text = "Delete Row" }; deleteRow.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.DeleteRow); UITools.AddControlsToForm(uic.View, switchToInsert, switchToBrowse, switchToUpdate, insertRow, deleteRow); uic.Run(); } } }
Examples
Using incremental search
This example is based on test data. The code for the entities included in this test data can be found in the documentation of Entity
This example uses automatic tools to generate parts of the user interface. Those tools can be found in the example of the documentation of Form
CopyC#
This example is based on test data. The code for the entities included in this test data can be found in the documentation of Entity
This example uses automatic tools to generate parts of the user interface. Those tools can be found in the example of the documentation of Form

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using Firefly.Box; using Firefly.Box.Testing; namespace TestFirefly.Box.Documentation { public class BasicIncrementalSearch { public void IncrementalSearch() { var jobs = new Pubs.Jobs(); jobs.InitializeWithTestData(); var uic = new UIController() { From = jobs, Activity = Activities.Browse, AllowIncrementalSearch = true,//The default View = UITools.GenerateFormWithGridFor("Display Jobs", "Try typing the first letters of a value from another row, and see how the grid automatically navigates to that row", jobs.Description, jobs.MinLevel, jobs.MaxLevel) }; uic.Run(); } } }
Examples
Deferent Activities
This example is based on test data. The code for the entities included in this test data can be found in the documentation of Entity
This example uses automatic tools to generate parts of the user interface. Those tools can be found in the example of the documentation of Form
CopyC#
This example is based on test data. The code for the entities included in this test data can be found in the documentation of Entity
This example uses automatic tools to generate parts of the user interface. Those tools can be found in the example of the documentation of Form

using Firefly.Box; using Firefly.Box.UI; namespace TestFirefly.Box.Documentation { public class DemoSwitchActivities { public void Run() { var jobs = new Pubs.Jobs(); jobs.InitializeWithTestData(); var uic = new UIController { From = jobs, AllowBrowse = true,//the default AllowDelete = true,//the default AllowInsert = true,//the default AllowUpdate = true,//the default View = UITools.GenerateFormWithGridFor("Jobs and activities", "Press the buttons below to switch between the deferent activities, notice that the title displays the current activity", jobs.Columns.ToArray()) }; //Set the form title according to the activity uic.ActivityChanged += () => uic.View.Text = "The Activity is " + uic.Activity.ToString(); var switchToInsert = new Button { Text = "Switch To Insert", Width = 100 }; switchToInsert.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.SwitchToInsertActivity); var switchToBrowse = new Button { Text = "Switch To Browse", Width = 100 }; switchToBrowse.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.SwitchToBrowseActivity); var switchToUpdate = new Button { Text = "Switch To Update", Width = 100 }; switchToUpdate.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.SwitchToUpdateActivity); var insertRow = new Button { Text = "Insert Row" }; insertRow.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.InsertRow); var deleteRow = new Button { Text = "Delete Row" }; deleteRow.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.DeleteRow); UITools.AddControlsToForm(uic.View, switchToInsert, switchToBrowse, switchToUpdate, insertRow, deleteRow); uic.Run(); } } }