XFA Specification
Chapter 11, Forms That Initiate Interactions with Servers
Invoking ADO APIs Through the Source Set DOM
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Template features used with the Source Set DOM
Fields bound to columns in the data base
In the example the table (or view) being queried has two columns, for a contact’s first and last name.
These columns are bound to fields in the form using the
bind
property of each field. A skeleton of the
template for the two fields is as follows:
<field ...>
<value>
<text/>
</value>
<ui>
<textEdit/>
</ui>
<bind
match="dataRef" ref="$record.contact.FirstName"/>
</field>
<field ...>
<value>
<text/>
</value>
<ui>
<textEdit/>
</ui>
<bind
match="dataRef" ref="$record.contact.LastName"/>
</field>
The push buttons
In the example the form has a separate button for each database function. The skeleton for a typical
button is shown below:
<field name="FFButton7" ...>
<ui>
<button/>
</ui>
<caption>
<value>
<text>Del</text>
</value>
</caption>
<event activity="click">
<script>$sourceSet.FFADOData1.delete()</script>
</event>
</field>
When the button in the example is pressed it deletes the current record from the record set.
FFADOData1
is the name of the
source
object which controls the query.