displayUse

The displayUse property associates an EGL field with a user-interface control. The value you assign is used as a default when you place the field (or a record that includes the field) on the web page in Page Designer.

Use the displayUseKind enumeration to specify values for this property. The displayUseKind enumeration has the following values:
button
The control has a button command tag
secret
The data is not visible to the user. This value is appropriate for passwords.
hyperlink
If the action property is the name of an event-handling function, the control has a hyperlink command tag. If the action property is a label, the control has a link tag. In either case, when the user clicks the link, no validation occurs and no input data is returned.
input
The control accepts user input. Initially, the control might display a value provided by the JSF handler.
table
Data is within a table tag.
output
JSF handler field output, if any, is visible in the control.

Compatibility

Table 1. Support for displayUse property
Data item JSF handler VGUI record Console UI Text Form Java™ Text Form COBOL Print Form Java Print Form COBOL
Yes Yes No* No No No No No

*For VGUI records, the equivalent property is uiType.


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