Understanding Grids

Scroll controls and grid controls function very similarly. Grids are more compact and display fields in a spreadsheet-like format. You insert page controls into a grid and associate the controls to record definitions, just as you do in a scroll control.

You can insert these page controls into a grid:

• Check boxes.

• Drop-down list boxes.

• Edit boxes.

• HTML areas.

• Images.

• Long edit boxes.

• Push buttons or links.

• Radio buttons.

  Note:

  You must add a group of at least two radio buttons within a grid. Moreover, unlike check boxes, a solitary radio button cannot be added to a grid to be used as a row selector.

• Secondary pages.

• Subpages.

• Tab separators.

Note:

When designing grids, use prompts in place of drop-down list boxes for better performance.