UIControllerSwitchToInsertWhenNoRows Property

Gets or sets the value determining if when no rows are found, the UIController will switch to insert activity automatically.

Definition

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

Property Value

Boolean

Remarks

If this property is set to true, and the AllowInsert property is set to false, the UIController will exit, when no rows are found.

Example

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
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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