From The Field

The External Data Provider is THE Swiss Army knife of the Toolset. Sure it connects to your external data, but did you realize all the connection types it supports and the possible properties you can specify with each? During this blog series we’ll cover all the connection types, the properties associated with them and also [...]

The External Data Provider is THE Swiss Army knife of the Toolset. Sure it connects to your external data, but did you realize all the connection types it supports and the possible properties you can specify with each? During this blog series we’ll cover all the connection types, the properties associated with them and also [...]

The External Data Provider is THE Swiss Army knife of the Toolset. Sure it connects to your external data, but did you realize all the connection types it supports and the possible properties you can specify with each? During this blog series we’ll cover all the connection types, the properties associated with them and also [...]

The External Data Provider is THE Swiss Army knife of the Toolset. Sure it connects to your external data, but did you realize all the connection types it supports and the possible properties you can specify with each? During this blog series we’ll cover all the connection types, the properties associated with them and also [...]

This series of screenshots and comments will help you implement a master-detail grid solution using the Toolset. The instructions assume you know how to create providers for the grid displays that will accept passed in parameters for filtering the provider. (If you need more information on this, you can reference this document.)
Note: screenshots [...]

The latest release of the Data Integration Toolset provides expanded field validation within the Business Data Form Adapter.
Below you will find the configuration for setting up field validation.  In the configuration below, TestField is being compared to TestField2.  In order to pass the validation rule, TestField must equal TestField2.  If they are not equal, a [...]

I recently posted about how many times in Toolset implementations there is a requirement to pop-up a window. Often times these pop-ups come from a grid display so you can display a Business Data Form Adapter for editing information. And at other times to display a new form for creating new items.
In my [...]

There are many times in Toolset implementations where pop-up windows are involved. One of the things we’ve been doing from the field is using a very nice CSS pop-up window technique. Utilizing some comprehensive script made available by Orangoo Labs called GreyBox, we were able to provide a professional looking pop-up window.
The implementation [...]

In a recent engagement, I needed a way to dynamically create a column in a grid display from columns coming back in the provider. A very nice and often overlooked capability in the Toolset grid display is the richness of Add Column Expressions.
In the example below, I’m taking the Technical Specification Number and extracting [...]

In working with customers in the field, I’ve found that some are not familiar with one of the most useful Workplace Fields we have - the Workplace Database Writer. Part of this may be the relatively few settings it requires, or perhaps the lack of any visible changes to the List Views or New/Edit/Disp forms [...]