Use of the Type Property of PXGridColumn

The MYOB Advanced Customization Platform supports the following values for the Type property of a column in a grid.


Value	Description
NotSet	The default value. An indicator that the field value is displayed in the column as a plain string that is formed based on the field data format.
CheckBox	An indicator that the field value is displayed in the column as a check box, which is selected if the field value is True.
HyperLink	An indicator that the field value is displayed in the column as a hyperlink.
DropDownList	An indicator that the column cell is rendered as a drop-down list that contains all the values specified for the referred data field.
Icon	An indicator that the field value contains an image URL and is displayed in the column as the referred image.

Example

The following code fragment defines the grid columns on the Automation Schedule Statuses (SM205030) form.

...
<px:PXGridColumn AllowUpdate="False" DataField="LastRunStatus" Width="40px"
  Type="Icon" TextAlign="Center" />
<px:PXGridColumn DataField="ScreenID" DisplayFormat="CC.CC.CC.CC" 
  Label="Screen ID" LinkCommand="AUScheduleExt_View" />
<px:PXGridColumn DataField="Description" Label="Description" Width="200px" />
<px:PXGridColumn AllowNull="False" DataField="IsActive" Label="Active" 
  TextAlign="Center" Type="CheckBox" Width="60px" />
...

In the code, the Type property for the LastRunStatus data field (which corresponds to the Status column shown in the screenshot below) is set to Icon. Because the field value contains the image URL, the column cell displays the referred image.

For the IsActive data field (which corresponds to the Active column), the Type property is set to CheckBox. As you can see in the screenshot, the column cells are rendered as check boxes.

Figure 1. Viewing different types of columns on the Automation Schedules form