DSP® Application Development

Set Column Control Status

Control Status is a Column Property option that determines the visibility of a column on a page. Options are:

• Enabled – Displays the column on the page. This is the default value.
• Hide – Hides the column on the page.
• Disabled – Protects the column. Displays as read-only columns when in edit mode.

NOTE: Control status cannot be set for columns using tab or label controls.

Control Status can be set:

• As a property of the column
• Using the boaStatus value. Refer to Use boaStatus to Set a Toolbar Button’s Control Status
• Using the value from another field

A column’s control status may be set differently for different views. For example, a column that stores a user comment may be hidden on the Horizontal View, but enabled on the Vertical View.

To set a column’s Control Status as a column property in DSP Application Development:

1. Navigate to the Page Columns page.

2. Click Edit for the column.

   View the field descriptions for the Page Columns page

3. Select Hide, Disabled, or Enabled from the CONTROL STATUS list box.
4. Click Save.

To set Control Status for the column using the values from another bit field in DSP Application Development:

1. Navigate to the Page Columns page.
2. Click Vertical View for the column.
3. Click the Enable/Disable Control tab.
4. Click Edit.
5. Leave the Consider Valid check box unchecked.

6. Select the field from the page’s underlying table to be used to set the Control Status from the Control Status Field list box. ;

   NOTE: This field must be a bit field.

7. Click Save.

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