Set Default Value for Fields

This example shows how to define a default value for a field. This default value will show up when the DataForm is loaded in the page first time.

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Employee ID

First Name

Last Name

Title

Title Of Courtesy

Birth Date

Hire Date

Address

City

Region

Postal Code

Country

Extension

Home Phone

ReportsTo

Notes

	Design		Source
Open DataForm.NET Manager. In DataForm.NET List page, choose Employees by clicking the link. In the DataForm.NET Designer on the right hand side, the default tab is DataForm tab. Click HireDate link to open up DataForm Field Designer window. Switch to Default Value tab, the default value is specified as {today} which will show the date of today in the Hire Date field. For how to use the other options of default value, please see Defaut Value Aspx: <%@ Register TagPrefix="EasyDotNet"Namespace="EasyDotNet.Web.UI.WebControls" Assembly="EasyDotNet.Web" %> <form id="Form1" method="post" runat="server"> <EasyDotNet:eDataForm id="EDataForml1" runat="server" DataFormID="Employees"></EasyDotNet:eDataForm> </form> Codebehind/Codefile: None. No code needed.
Click HERE to open up a READ ONLY DataForm.NET Manager. Click HERE to try for yourself.

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