Quick Add button added next to dropdown lists

A new ‘Quick Add’ button is placed next to appropriate dropdown lists for foreign key fields when creating a new application.

Migration effects

None.  Your application is not modified.

What you should do

You can manually add a ‘Quick Edit’ button to dropdown lists for foreign key fields.

Step 1:  Drag an image button from the tool box onto a Show Record panel header in the Design tab in Iron Speed Designer.

Step 2:  Double-click the button to display the Properties dialog.  In the Properties dialog, set the Image URL.

Step 3:  In the Properties dialog’s Bindings tab, set the Button Command to ‘Redirect’ and the Action After Command to ‘Go to a specific URL’.

Step 4:  For the URL, specify the appropriate foreign key table’s Add Record page.

Step 5:  In the Properties dialog’s Attributes tab, add these new pass-through attributes:

Pass-Through Attribute

Value

ControlToUpdate

The corresponding FieldValue tag’s display name

FieldValue

The corresponding database field name

Step 6:  Finally, click ‘OK’ to close the Properties dialog.

Step 7:  Build and run your application.

See Also

Version 5.0 Application Migration