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This item is found in multiple S3 file types. Its controls and their order may vary based on the file type.

ID

• What it does: Programmatic ID of the caption.
• How to use it: Enter the text.
• Other notes: This must be unique. It is prefixed with cap if it identifies some other control. It is prefixed with lbl if it expresses a column value.

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.

Data Format

• What it does: Format of the data the caption expresses if it expresses a value (versus captioning another control). For example, a date is always {0:d}.
• How to use it: Select from the drop down.

Related Grid

• What it does: Grid the caption is used to update, if any.
• How to use it: Select from the drop down.

Text

• What it does: Static text of the caption.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

Balloon Tooltip Hyperlink

• What it does: Hyperlink to display when the user rolls over the caption.
• How to use it: Enter the URL.

Balloon Tooltip

• What it does: Text to display when the user rolls over the caption.
• How to use it: Enter the text.

Set Client Visibility button

• What it does: Opens a window that allows setting conditions under which the control is visible.
• How to use it: 
  1. Click the button.
  2. Populate the Control List.
  3. Set the Value-Visible Control pairings.
  4. Click OK.

Set Client Enable button

• What it does: Opens a window that allows setting conditions under which the control is enabled.
• How to use it: 
  1. Click the button.
  2. Populate the Control List.
  3. Set the Value-Visible Control pairings.
  4. Click OK.

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