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| DBTableVectors |
| Adopted By: | DBTableVector | |
| Declared In: | dbkit/tableProtocols.h |
| Protocol Description |
| Methods in the DBTableVectors protocol are used to specify the formatting of cells within a DBTableView. In general, a format applies throughout a vector (that is, one of the table's rows or columns). When a DBTableView is structured so that attributes are shown as static columns while records are dynamically arranged on successive rows, there is usually a separate format for each static column, but a single row format that applies to all rows.
An identifier identifies an attribute (that is, a field) as it is known to the data source from which data is being taken. (The data source is an association to a fetch group for DBRecordList or DBRecordStream. Fields in the associated data source may be at different positions or have different names from those used in the display.) A formatter is the DBFormatter object responsible for formatting the display. |
| Method Types |
| Controlling/reporting formatter | formatter |
| setFormatter: |
| Controlling/reporting data link | identifier |
| setIdentifier: |
| Controlling/reporting editing | isEditable |
| setEditable: |
| Controlling/reporting size | isResizable |
| setResizable: isAutosizable setAutosizable: size sizeTo: minSize setMinSize: maxSize setMaxSize: |
| Controlling/reporting title | title |
| setTitle: titleFont setTitleFont: titleAlignment setTitleAlignment: |
| Controlling/reporting content alignment |
| contentAlignment |
| setContentAlignment: |
| Instance Methods |
| contentAlignment |
| (int)contentAlignment |
| Returns the horizontal alignment of the row or column's content. The return value can be one of three constants: NX_LEFTALIGNED, NX_CENTERED, or NX_RIGHTALIGNED. |
| formatter |
| formatter |
| Returns the formatter responsible for displaying items. |
| identifier |
| identifier |
| Returns the property of the data source from which the displayed data is taken. |
| isAutosizable |
| (BOOL)isAutosizable |
| Returns YES if the row or column is autosizable (that is, it resizes itself in response to a change in the DBTableView's content view). |
| isEditable |
| (BOOL)isEditable |
| Returns YES if the displayed row or column is editable. |
| isResizable |
| (BOOL)isResizable |
| Returns YES if the row or column is resizable (that is, it permits the user to change its width in the display). |
| maxSize |
| (NXCoord)maxSize |
| Returns a vector's greatest permissible size (the width or a column or the height of a row). |
| minSize |
| (NXCoord)minSize |
| Returns a vector's least permissible size (the width or a column or the height of a row). |
| setAutosizable: |
| setAutosizable:(BOOL)flag |
| Permits or prohibits autosizing of the row or column, as the value of flag is YES or NO. |
| setContentAlignment: |
| setContentAlignment:(int)align |
| Sets the horizontal alignment of the row or column's content. The argument align can be one of three constants: NX_LEFTALIGNED, NX_CENTERED, or NX_RIGHTALIGNED. |
| setEditable: |
| setEditable:(BOOL)flag |
| Permits or prohibits editing of the row or column, as the value of flag is YES or NO. |
| setFormatter: |
| setFormatter:newFormatter |
| Makes newFormatter the object responsible for displaying an item in this vector (row or column). Returns self. |
| setIdentifier: |
| setIdentifier:aDataAttribute |
| Sets the attribute of the data source from which the displayed data is taken. |
| setMaxSize: |
| setMaxSize:(NXCoord)newMaxSize |
| Sets a vector's greatest permissible size (the width or a column or the height of a row) |
| setMinSize: |
| setMinSize:(NXCoord)newMinSize |
| Sets a vector's least permissible size (the width or a column or the height of a row). |
| setResizable: |
| setResizable:(BOOL)flag |
| Permits or prohibits resizing the row or column, as flag is YES or NO. |
| setTitle: |
| setTitle:(const char *)title |
| Sets the title of the row or column to title. |
| setTitleAlignment: |
| setTitleAlignment:(int)align |
| Sets the horizontal alignment of the row or column's title. The argument align can be one of three constants: NX_LEFTALIGNED, NX_CENTERED, or NX_RIGHTALIGNED. |
| setTitleFont: |
| setTitleFont:fontObj |
| Sets the font used to draw the row or column's title to fontObj. |
| size |
| (NXCoord)size |
| Returns the width and height of the display cell. |
| sizeTo: |
| (NXCoord)sizeTo:(NXCoord)newSize |
| Sets the width and height of the display cell to the values in newSize. Returns self. |
| title |
| (const char *)title |
| Returns the title of the row or column. |
| titleAlignment |
| (int)titleAlignment |
| Returns the horizontal alignment of the row or column's title. The return value can be one of three constants: NX_LEFTALIGNED, NX_CENTERED, or NX_RIGHTALIGNED. |
| titleFont |
| titleFont |
| Returns (as a Font object) the font for the row or column's title. |