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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 btn.

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.

Enable Rule

• What it does: Allows the user access to the control if it evaluates to true. Disables (grays out) 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.

Text

• What it does: Text the user sees on the button; what the button is "called".
• How to use it: Enter the text.
• Other notes: This defaults to WorkflowExecuteMethod_Click.

Method Type

• What it does: Method that executes when the user clicks the button.
• How to use it: This property is read-only.
• Other notes: This defaults to btnWorkflowExecuteMethod_Click (Launch Activity Screen). It starts a workflow activity and navigates to the necessary screen to begin work.

On Client Click

• What it does: Displays a message when the user clicks the button.
• How to use it: Select a message from the drop down.

Selection

• What it does: Determines whether the user can select records from the grid to execute the method on and if so, whether they can select one or multiple records.
• How to use it: This is read-only.

Security Level

• What it does: Determines the security level of the button. 
• How to use it: Select the desired security level.
• Other notes: This defaults to None. Other options are Read, Modify, New, Delete, or Execute.

Check Changes checkbox

• What it does: If checked, checks for changes in the data before executing the method.
• How to use it: Click to check or uncheck.

Related Control

• What it does: Grid the button affects.
• How to use it: Select from the drop down.

Message ID

• What it does: ID of the message the application displays when the user clicks the button.
• How to use it: Enter the ID.

Message Parameter

• What it does: Configures the parameter for the Message ID.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

Navigation Parameter

• What it does: If the method takes a parameter(s), this property maps that parameter(s) to the column value(s).
• How to use it: Click the magnifying glass to open the Navigation Parameter window. Drag the matching form control to the Parameter Value field. If the parameter's value is assigned by the application (it is a primary key), mark it constant.
• Other notes: A custom new method (configured on the entity) usually takes at least one parameter. The new object method from the framework usually does not. Exception: if the form has session fields (carry criteria), these must be mapped in the navigation parameters.

Server Method

• What it does: Method that comes from the remote object instead of the framework.
• How to use it: Select from the drop down.

User Log Parameters

• What it does: Specifies the control values that need to be logged.
• How to use it: Click the magnifying glass icon and add the control(s) to the parameter field(s).

No Row Selected

• What it does: Message that displays when the user clicks the button without selecting any record.
• How to use it: Enter the message.

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