Defining Web pages in the EGL Data Parts and Pages wizard

The EGL Data Parts and Pages wizard creates a Web application from a relational-database table. When you are working in this wizard, you can specify the following aspects of each type of Web page that is produced:
When you are working in the wizard dialog called Define the Web pages of the application, you can click the tabs to navigate between pages. Do as follows for each page (where possible):
  1. Set the page title in the Page title field
  2. Select a style sheet from a drop-down list in the Style sheet field
  3. To see the effect of accepting the current page definition, click Preview.
  4. If you wish to specify the number of rows to display on a page, select Pagination and assign the number of rows (a positive integer) to Page size.
  5. Select the fields to be included on the page:
    1. To include a field, select the related check box. To select every field, click All.
    2. To exclude a field, clear the related check box. To exclude every field, click None.
    3. To change the display location of a field, click on the field, then use the Up and Down arrows to move the field to another location.
    4. To set properties for a field, click on the field then double-click the Value field in the Properties pane. Enter the value or, in some cases, select from a drop-down list.
  6. Select the actions that the user can perform on the page:
    1. To include an action, select the related check box. To select every action, click Select All.
      The individual actions are create, delete, extract, list, and read:
      • Create links to the create detail page, where the user can display or insert one row. The option is present on the create detail page only to indicate that the user can create a row from that page.
      • Delete is available only on the detail page. This option deletes the record that has the key specified by the user.
      • Extract links to the selection condition page, which accepts selection criteria from the user. The option is present on the selection condition page only to indicate that the user can cause the return of a result set from that page.
      • List links to the list page, which displays multiple rows in accordance with the user's criteria.
      • Read is available only on the create detail page. This option displays the record that has the key specified by the user.
      • Update is available only on the detail page. This option updates the record that was modified by the user.
    2. To exclude an action, clear the related check box. To exclude every action, click None.

      If a given action is always available, you cannot clear the check box.

    3. To set the Web-page label for an action, click on the action name, then double-click the Value field in the Properties pane and enter a value.

Related concepts
SQL support
EGL Data Parts and Pages wizard

Related tasks
Creating a single-table EGL Web application
Creating EGL data parts from relational database tables
Creating, editing, or deleting a database connection for the EGL wizards
Setting EGL preferences
Starting a Web application on the local machine

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