Smart Items help - SICreator Types

View types
Name:	Appearance:	Possible data type:	Description:	Format:
Check box		Unsigned Numeric	This control item can be useful, when the field takes values "Yes" or "No". Example: the item "Old age". You can mark old items by ticking 'off' in the field, and new ones - by deselecting or not performing any selection.	width - control width when displaying
Combo box		Signed Numeric Unsigned Numeric String	This control item is used for displaying unique data for a group of similar items. For instance, for video cassettes this field can be used for showing film length. During loading of all possible values, the selected table will be loaded to the pick list, and you can select the data necessary for item adding. You will not have to insert a new value every time you add an item, but simply select an already existing value from the list.	width - control width when displaying
Edit		Signed Numeric Unsigned Numeric String DateTime	This control item is multifunctional and can display data of various types. In the field of this type you can store, for example, color of the item or its special description, for example, size and so on.	width - control width when displaying
HTML		String	This control item serves for displaying HTML text. You can format the text, add pictures. The current type will be useful for full description of the item properties or its characteristics. Its main difference from Memo is operating with formatted texts and pictures.	width - control width when displaying bwidth - control width "Modify" when displaying height - control height when displaying binfield - name of the binary field where the images added under control are stored
Image		BLOB	This control item is used only for storing images. You can assign this view type to covers of music CDs, stamps, title-pages of magazines etc.	width - control width when displaying height - control height when displaying
ListViewEx		String	This control item is used when you want to populate a table with data. You can create a table with SICreator and use it for your purposes.	width - control width when displaying height - control height when displaying [column name,width] - column list under control, with names and width of columns. There must be at least one column under control! The name and width must be entered using commas!
Memo		String	This control item serves for storing of long entries. In contrast to HTML, it does not allow pictures adding and text formatting, but instead it occupies less space in the database, since it stores only text typed by you.	width - control widht when displaying height - control height when displaying
Tree		String	This control item can is useful when you want to store data (elements and sub-elements) in the form of a tree. Characteristic example is a file system.	width - control widht when displaying height - control height when displaying

SICreator Types

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