Radio button group control
A radio button group is a container control that holds radio buttons. The radio button group defines the layout for the buttons it contains, including a group title, text alignment for button labels, and whether or not to show a border. You can place a radio button group control within a section control.
You can bind a radio button group to a database attribute that automatically populates the group with buttons, label values, and so on. Binding to a database attribute saves time because you do not have to define the individual radio button controls for the group. When the user makes a selection in the radio button group, the value automatically updates the attribute in the database. If you link a radio button group to a database attribute, you can then edit the group in the Database Configuration application and in the Domains application.
General properties
Attribute name | Description |
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Control ID | Each control in a presentation is assigned a unique Control ID that is read-only. |
Default Label | This read-only value is the text value that is associated with the database attribute bound to this control. |
Label | You can specify a text value in this field
to override the Default Label for the control.
This label is specific to the application and is not stored in the |
Hide Label | By default, the label value always appears in the user interface. Select this check box if you want the label to be invisible. |
Attribute | You can associate this control with a database attribute. Not all attributes have a Default Label value. |
Value Attribute | Optionally, if you do not automatically populate a radio button group with a list of buttons, you can specify a value in this field that automatically updates the database when you select a button. For example, if you have a button with a Description Attribute of Waiting for Approval, you can define a Value Attribute of WAPPR. When the user clicks the radio button, WAPPR is written to the database and Waiting for Approval is shown in the user interface. |
Description Attribute | Optionally, you can specify a data attribute that displays a text label for the Value Attribute in the user interface. |
Show Border | Select this check box to show a rectangular border around the control. |
Data Source ID | Specify a data source ID if you want this
control to use a different data source than the parent. If the control
is creating a data source and the Data Source ID property is not
set, the ID defaults to the ID of the control. If the data source
is blank, the control inherits the data source from the parent. If
no parent controls have a data source specified or if the parent is
the application, |
Advanced properties
Attribute name | Description |
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Text Alignment | Select Left, Center, or Right to align button text relative to button images. The label for the radio button group always aligns to the left of any buttons that you add to the group. |
Input Mode | Input mode options are:
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Change Event | You can configure a control to perform one
of the following actions in the event of a data change to the control:
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Always Synchronous | If deselected, the control can communicate with the database without pausing user activities. If cleared, the user cannot perform activities in other fields until validations for this field are completed. Synchronous activity is disabled by default. If there are dependencies between values specified for this control and other controls in the application, you can enable synchronous activity for the dependent controls. |
Signature Option |
You can specify a signature option that can restrict access to this control or change the properties of this control based on a condition that you specify. To create a signature option, click Add/Modify Signature Options in the Select Action menu. To specify a condition, click the Configure Conditional Properties button. |
Sig Option Data Source ID |
An MBO must be used to evaluate whether or not a user has access to a signature option. Specify the value of the data source that performs this evaluation if it is different to the data source that is configured for this control. |