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Control Tag

The control tag provides a placeholder in an applet Web template for a control or list column. It uses the following format:

<swe:control id="1" property="property_name" />

where:

• id. Maps a child applet, control, or list column to this placeholder tag.
• property. Optional. If you include this attribute, then it identifies the property of the control or list item that SWE displays on the Web page.

You can use this tag only in an applet Web template of type Base, Edit, New, or Query.

You cannot nest the control tag. For example, SWE does not support following usage:

<swe:control id = "1"> <!-- the "parent" control
<swe:this property = "displayname"/>
<swe:this property = "formattedHtml"/>
<swe:control id = "2" property="formattedHtml">
<!-- A child control gets context or gets properties from its "parent">
</swe:control>         <!-- End of parent -->

Defining the Property Attribute of the Control Tag

Table 37 describes the values that you can use for the property attribute. You can use this attribute only in a singleton tag. A singleton tag is a tag that does not include a required end tag.

If you do not include this attribute, then:

• This tag displays the body only if the ID attribute maps the control ID.
• You can use the following tag to display this user property in the body of the control tag:

  this