Adding a variable grid control

The variable grid control has the following attributes:

Attribute name

Description

name

Name of the variable grid control

style

Width of the control, in pixels

type

Type of control

columns

Each column must have a name, separated by a comma

columnWidth

Width of each column, each separated by a comma. The columns are of equal width if you do not specify widths.

The following example adds a simple variable grid control to a dialog box:

<select name="ParamList" style="width:515px;" ¬type="mmparameterlist columns"="Name,SQL Data ¬Type,Direction,Default Value,Run-time Value" size=6></select>

The following example creates a variable grid control that is 500 pixels wide, with five columns of various widths:

<select  name="ParamList"  style="width:800px;" type="mmparameterlist" columns="Name,SQL Data Type,Direction, Default Value,Run-time Value"  columnWidth="100,25,11,"  size=6>

This example creates two blank columns that are 182 pixels wide. (The specified columns total 136. The total width of the variable grid control is 500. The remaining space after the first three columns are placed is 364. Two columns remain; 364 divided by 2 is 182.)

This variable grid control also has a JavaScript wrapper object that should be used to access and manipulate the variable grid control's data. You can find the implementation in the GridControlClass.js file in the Configuration/Shared/MM/Scripts/Class folder.