use eGridFormGroup control to display children GridForms

This example shows how to display a hierarchy GridForm by using eGridFormGroup control. One of the advantage of eGridFormGroup is that you can place it anywhere you like on the page.

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Employees 
 Employee
Employee Name
CityHire DateTitlePhoto
  

Employee ID:1
Davolio, NancySeattle5/1/1992Sales Representative

Employee ID:2
Fuller, KayTacoma8/14/1992Vice President, Sales

Employee ID:3
Leverling, JanetKirkland4/29/1992Sales Representative
1 - 3 / 57 RecordsPage / 19 
Birth Date12/22/1948
Address507 - 20th Ave. E.Apt. 2A
RegionWA
Postal Code98122
CountryUSA
Home Phone(206) 555-9857
Birth Date2/19/1952
Address908 W. Capital Way
RegionWA
Postal Code98401
CountryUSA
Home Phone(206) 555-9482
Birth Date8/30/1963
Address722 Moss Bay Blvd.
RegionWA
Postal Code98033
CountryUSA
Home Phone(206) 555-3412

Below is external eGridFormGroup which is used to display multiple children eGridForms.


  Design   Source  
  1. Open DataForm.NET Manager. In DataForm.NET List page, choose Employees by clicking the link.
  2. In the DataForm.NET Designer on the right hand side, the default tab is DataForm tab.
  3. Click HireDate link to bring up a DataForm Field Designer window.
  4. 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
  • Click HERE to open up a READ ONLY DataForm.NET Manager.
  • Click HERE to try for yourself.