Quick Edit button added to Show Record panels

A new ‘Quick Edit’ button is added to Show Record panels in the panel header when creating a new application.

Migration effects

None.  Your application is not modified.

What you should do

You can add the ‘Quick Edit’ button to the HTML layout pages for your application’s Show Record panels.

Step 1:  Use the Application Explorer to open the Show Record page in Iron Speed Designer.

Step 2:  In Design Mode, select the Show Record panel Buttons area where you wish to add the button.

Step 3:  Drag an Image Button control from the Toolbox onto the Show Record panel’s Buttons area.  Name the button “EditButton”.

Step 4:  Select the newly added button control and set these properties via the Property Sheet:

Group

Property

Setting

[Application Generation]

Button actions

Redirect

Appearance

Text

Edit

Step 5:  In the “Button actions” dialog, click “Add...” to display the Button Action Wizard.  Set these properties:

Property

Setting

Redirect and Send Email Actions

Go to a specific URL

URL

Specify the appropriate EditRecord page

Parameters

Specify the corresponding table’s primary key field

Step 6:  Build and run your application.

See Also

Version 5.0 Application Migration