Edit button added to Show Record pages

A new ‘Edit’ button is added to Show Record pages, typically at the bottom of the page, when creating a new application.

Migration effects

None. Your application is not modified.

What you should do

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

Step 1: Drag a button from the tool box onto a page in the Design tab in Iron Speed Designer.

Step 2: Rename the button to EditButton.

Step 3: Double-click the button control to display the Properties dialog. Specify appropriate button text in the Display tab.

Step 4: In the Property dialog’s Bindings tab, set the Button Command to ‘Redirect’ and set the Action After Command to ‘Redirect to a specific URL’.

Step 5: For the URL, specify the table corresponding to the Edit Record page. Specify the parameter as the corresponding table’s primary key field. Finally, click ‘OK’ to close the Properties dialog.

Step 6: Build and run your application.