Lookup Control of the Forms File

If you set the class attribute of the control tag to lookup, then you must specify the following tags in the control tag:

• source. Describes the list values for this lookup control. The source tag includes the following attributes:

  • type. Contains the ID of an object that Siebel CRM Desktop uses in this control.

  • field. Not used.

  • format. Defines the mask for this field output. For example:

    format=":[:(First Name) :]:[:(Last Name):]"
    

  • resource_id. Defines the ID of the description for the lookup dialog box that the lookup_view_defs.xml file describes. For more information, see Customizing the SalesBook Control.

• field. The field of an object that stores the ID of the object that the user chooses in a lookup object.

Example Code of the Lookup Control

The following code illustrates usage of the lookup control:

<control id="0x20100" class="lookup">
  <source type="All Items" format=":[:(FirstName) :]:[:(LastName):]" 
resource_id="lookup:all_types"/>
  <source type="Contact" format=":[:(FirstName) :]:[:(LastName):]" 
resource_id="lookup:contacts"/>
</control>