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ID

• What it does: Programmatic ID of the control.
• How to use it: Enter the text.
• Other notes: This must be unique. It is prefixed with lst.

Visible checkbox

• What it does: Determines whether the user can see the control.
• How to use it: Click the checkbox to check or uncheck.

Mode

• What it does: Determines whether the way the user opened the form affects the control. Options are All, New, and Update. All means that regardless of whether the user created new or opened existing, the control behaves the same. New is for creating new and Update is for opening existing.
• How to use it: Select from the drop down.
• Other notes: It defaults to All.

Visible Rule

• What it does: Displays the control if it evaluates to true. Hides the control if it evaluates to false.
• How to use it: Enter the rule from the entity.
• Other notes: The rule comes from the entity. It must be configured there for you to use it here.

Resource

• What it does: Security ID that determines whether the user can access the control.
• How to use it: Enter the ID from the security table.

CSS Class

• What it does: Custom style sheet class that controls cell appearance.
• How to use it: Enter the text.
• Other notes: If left blank, the appearance is default. The class must be configured in the MVVM project style sheet in the .NET project.

Custom Attributes

• What it does: Custom attribute defined by the developer to be rendered on the HTML page.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

Entity Field

• What it does: Displays the associated entity field.
• How to use it: Enter the entity and column.

Width

• What it does: Pixel width of the control.
• How to use it: Enter the number of pixels.

Height

• What it does: Pixel height of the control.
• How to use it: Enter the number of pixels.

Selection Mode

• What it does: Specifies whether the user can select single or multiple items.
• How to use it: Select the Single or Multiple option.

Parent Key

• What it does: Specifies the list of selected items to store.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

Source Label

• What it does: Specifies the label for the source list.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

Target Label

• What it does: Specifies the label for the target list.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

Label CSS Class

• What it does: Specifies the CSS class to be used for the label.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

Show All Buttons checkbox

• What it does: Displays the move all buttons if checked.
• How to use it: Click to check or uncheck.

Remove Selected checkbox

• What it does: If checked, removes the selected item from the source list once it's moved to the target list.
• How to use it: Click to check or uncheck.

Load Type

• What it does: Determines how the system populates the control.
• How to use it: Select from the drop down.
• Other notes: Options are:
  • Code Group: The system populates the control with values from the codes value (this is most common).
  • Query: The system executes a query to populate the control  (this is second most common).
  • Method: The system executes a method (local) to populate the control .
  • Server Method: The system executes a server method to populate the control .
  • Items: The system populates the control with manually entered values.

Code Group

• What it does: Code table ID for the code ID-value pairing that populates the control.
• How to use it: Enter the ID or select from the list or perform a search.
• Other notes: This only displays if Load Type is Code Group.

Query

• What it does: Query that populates the control.
• How to use it: Enter the query or select from the list or perform a search.
• Other notes: This only displays if Load Type is Query.

Method

• What it does: Method that populates the control.
• How to use it: Enter the method or select from the list or perform a search.
• Other notes: This only displays if Load Type is Method or Server Method.

Plus icon

• What it does: Adds an item to the control.
• How to use it: Click the icon and enter text.
• Other notes: This only displays if Load Type is Items.

Minus icon

• What it does: Removes an item from the control.
• How to use it: Select the item and click the icon.
• Other notes: This only displays if Load Type is Items.

Text Field

• What it does: Text that displays if Load Type is Code Group, Query, or Items.
• How to use it: Select from the list. (Code Group populates automatically.)

Value Field

• What it does: Stored value if Load Type is Code Group, Query, or Items.
• How to use it: Select from the list. (Code Group populates automatically.)

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