Defining Attributes Display Options

Chapter 11 Generating .NET 2.0 Persistent Objects and Windows Applications

Defining Attributes Display Options

You can define attribute-level options for presentation style.

To define Attribute Options:

Open Attribute Property sheet, and select the Windows Application tab.

Set the appropriate options and then click OK

The following options are available:

Option	Description
Control Type	You can choose TextBox or ComoboBox as input control
Display as foreign key label	Specifies to display the current attribute as a foreign key label. If this checkbox is not selected and if there is a foreign key in the current table, PowerDesigner generates a combo box by default to display the foreign key id. If you want to display the value of another column (for example, the product name instead of the product id), you can select the "Display as foreign key label" option for the product name attribute to indicate that it will be used as foreign key label.

Option

Description

Control Type

You can choose TextBox or ComoboBox as input control

Display as foreign key label

Specifies to display the current attribute as a foreign key label. If this checkbox is not selected and if there is a foreign key in the current table, PowerDesigner generates a combo box by default to display the foreign key id. If you want to display the value of another column (for example, the product name instead of the product id), you can select the "Display as foreign key label" option for the product name attribute to indicate that it will be used as foreign key label.