Portlet Factory, Version 6.1.2
Populating Profile Controls with Values
For each entry you include in a profile set, define the UI display element that will represent the object in the profile manager.
For example, if you include "Geographic Region" as a profile set entry, you might represent this entity with a select list (displaying North, South, East and West) or with a set of similarly labeled radio buttons.
When you create an entry, the Add Entry dialog's UI Type select box has seven interface types from which you can choose:
- TextInput
- Creates a text input area in which the user can enter a text string.
- TextArea
- Creates a scrollable text input area in which multiple lines of text can be entered.
- Select
- Creates a list from which an item can be selected.
- SelectableInput
- Creates a list from which an item can be selected, but the user also has the option of entering a new value.
- Checkbox
- Creates a check box that can be toggled between enable and disable.
- RadioBox
- Creates an array of radio buttons.
Specifying Extra Data
The Extra Data field (in the Entries tab of the profile manager) determines the content displayed by the input control. This field is populated by the data that you enter in the UI control fields of the Add Entry or Edit Entry dialog. The table below lists the UI control fields that the dialog displays for each UI type.
UI Type UI Control Field In Add/Edit Entry Dialog Description of Field TextInput Width A number specifying the width of the input box, in characters. TextArea Columns Number of columns in display region Rows Number of rows in display region Wrap On to enable text wrapping or Off to disable it Select Select Data Choices for the list items, specified as: choice-1, choice-2, choice-3,...choice-n SelectableInput Extra Data Choices for the list items, specified as: choice-1, choice-2, choice-3,...choice-n Checkbox Label After Check Box Prompt for the checkbox Checked Value True (the checkbox is checked) Unchecked Value False (the checkbox is not checked) RadioBox Data Choices for the radio buttons, specified as: choice-1, choice-2, choice-3,...choice-n Parent topic: About specifying choices in profile manager
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