LinkToDataSource

Working with LinkToDataSource

July 5, 2011 XpressDox Cookbook
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Working with LinkToDataSource – example with a highly normalised data base. You need to access a database which has the following structure: Table “Contact” ContactFirstName ContactLastName ContactTitle Address City Region ContactTypeId Table “ContactType” TypeId TypeDescription TypeCode You can see that the actual value of TypeDescription is not kept in the Contact table, but a link [...]

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The LinkToDataSource Command

July 5, 2011 User Reference
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LinkToDataSource links any control on the interview to a data source (a control is what the user uses to enter data, such as a straight forward text box, or a checkbox, or a dropdown, etc.).  It means that when the focus moves off that control, a call to the data source is made, to retrieve [...]

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