Dynamic Field

A Dynamic Field is a frame that can contain text. Unlike Labels, an Input Box can have dynamic content. You can load a Dynamic Field with content from a Query, a Variable, current System Date, System Time, Page number and Page Total.

Properties

Through the window that opens the option presents two tabs: general and content.

Tab - General

The available options are:

Common

• Name - Name of the Control. This Name will be used to identify the Control throughout the Project. The name of the Control can only contain letters, digits or underscore (_).

• Description - Description of the Control. This Description is for your information only, Kalipso does nothing with it.

Layout

• X - X position of the Control

• Y - Y position of the Control.

• Width - Width of the Control.

• Height - Height of the Control.

Miscellaneous

• Round - Allows the content to be rounded.

• Multiline - When active, if the Text doesn't fit the Control in width, it's automatically "broken" into several lines. It can have a Fixed Height or Automatic Height.

Condition

• Condition - Condition to be verified before displaying the control.

When clicked, a list of conditions already created is accessed. However, you can add more by clicking on the icon on the right. Then a new window appears:

In the table are the conditions already created and on the right side new conditions can be added or edited.

Style

Text

• Font - Font of the displayed Text.

• Size - Font size of the displayed Text.

• Font Color - Font color of the displayed Text.

• Text Position - Position of the Text inside the Control. It can be left, center or right.

• Properties - Font properties of the displayed Text. As bold, italic, underline and cut.

Border

• Border - To set or remove the frame around the Control.

Tab - Content

After the initial settings in the general tab, you must access the content tab to indicate the data source for the field. Thus:

The available options are:

• Load Control With - Area to choose the source of information to fill the field. The hypotheses are ahead and only one can be selected for each dynamic field. The options are:

  • Query

  • Variable

  • System Date

  • System Time

  • Page Number

  • Page Total