UIControllerAllowBrowse Property

Gets or sets the value determining if the Browse activity is allowed

Definition

Namespace: Firefly.Box
Assembly: Firefly.Box (in Firefly.Box.dll) Version: debug-master-v:33791
C#
public bool AllowBrowse { get; set; }

Property Value

Boolean

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

Example

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
C#
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();
        }
    }
}

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