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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.

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 collection.
• How to use it: Enter the collection.

Caption

• What it does: Text the user sees as a grid title.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

Data Key Names

• What it does: Entity fields the application will use to identify the table row to express as a record.
• How to use it: Enter the data key.
• Other notes: This defaults to the primary key.

Selection

• What it does: Determines whether the use can select records and if so, whether they can select one or many.
• How to use it: Select from the options of none, one, or many.

Page Size

• What it does: Number of rows displayed on each page if paging is allowed.
• How to use it: Enter the number of rows.
• Other notes: This defaults to 3.

Allow Paging checkbox

• What it does: Indicates whether paging is allowed.
• How to use it: Click to check or uncheck.
• Other notes: If paging is allowed, the list view is divided into multiple pages with as many rows as set in the Page Size property. If paging is not allowed, all rows are displayed on one page.

Row Format button

• What it does: Changes the appearance of the row containing a specific value.
• How to use it: 
  1. Click the button.
  2. Select the column that contains the value you want to determine the row's appearance.
  3. Click the plus icon to add a condition.
  4. Enter the value you want to change the row's appearance.
  5. Enter the CSS class you want that row to change to.
  6. Repeat steps 3-5 as many times as desired.
• Other notes: The CSS class must already be configured in the style sheet.

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