UIControllerAllowInsert Property

Gets or sets the value determining if the user is allowed to insert rows

Definition

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

Property Value

Boolean

Remarks

This property controls whether the InsertActivity property is valid when the UIController is run, and if the user can use the SwitchToInsertActivityCommand.
If the AllowInsertInUpdateActivity property is set to true, the AllowInsert property controls that as well

Example

Allow insert and insert in update 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 System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Firefly.Box;

namespace TestFirefly.Box.Documentation
{
    class InsertInUpdate
    {
        public void Run()
        {
            var jobs = new Pubs.Jobs();
            jobs.InitializeWithTestData();

            var uic = new UIController
            {
                From = jobs,
                AllowInsert = true,//the default
                AllowInsertInUpdateActivity = true,//the default
                View = UITools.GenerateFormWithGridFor(
                    "Insert In Update Demo",
                    "To insert a new row, click on the \"Insert Row\" button,\n or navigate to the " +
                    "last row, and then press the down key.",
                    jobs.Id,
                    jobs.Description,
                    jobs.MinLevel)
            };

            var allowInsertCB = new CheckBox()
            {
                Text = "Allow Insert",
                Checked = uic.AllowInsert,
                Width = 100
            };

            allowInsertCB.CheckedChanged +=
                (a, b) => uic.AllowInsert = allowInsertCB.Checked;

            var allowInsertInUpdateCB = new CheckBox()
            {
                Text = "Allow Insert In Update Activity",
                Checked = uic.AllowInsertInUpdateActivity,
                Width = 200
            };

            allowInsertInUpdateCB.CheckedChanged +=
                (a, b) => uic.AllowInsertInUpdateActivity = allowInsertInUpdateCB.Checked;

            var insertRowButton = new Button()
            {
                Text = "Insert Row"
            };
            insertRowButton.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.InsertRow);

            var switchToInsert = new Button
            {
                Text = "Switch to Insert Activity",
                Width = 150
            };
            switchToInsert.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.SwitchToInsertActivity);

            var switchToUpdate = new Button
            {
                Text = "Switch To Update Activity",
                Width = 150
            };
            switchToUpdate.Click += (a, b) => uic.Raise(Command.SwitchToUpdateActivity);

            UITools.AddControlsToForm(uic.View, allowInsertCB, allowInsertInUpdateCB);
            UITools.AddControlsToForm(uic.View, insertRowButton,switchToInsert,switchToUpdate);

            uic.Run();
        }
    }
}

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