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5. Tag reference

application

Synopsis

<application [ name="Window Title" ] database="dbms://server/databasename"
	[ formclass="Form.pike" ] [ code="code.pike" ]
	[ start="Artículos" ] >
...
</application>

Semantics

Definition of some basic application information and global defaults.

Contained by

It is the root tag.

Attributes

name(optional): Set the title for the main window.
database(mandatory): Set the database to be used in URL format, as defined in Pike's Sql.Sql specification
formclass(optional): Set a user-provided class for data entry forms skeleton.
code(optional): Set a global utility code file.
start(optional): Set a view or function to be run at the application start.

Contains

table, relationship, view, menu, toolbar.

button

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column

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Contains

field(1)

Synopsis

<field name="fieldname" [ type="char|integer|real|bool" ] [ size="size" ]
	default="defaultvalue" caption="caption for forms" [ pk="yes" ] />

Semantics

Defines a field of the container table.

Contained by

table

Attributes

name(mandatory): The name of the field.
type(optional): The data type. The default is char.
size(optional): The max size of the field in characters. Defaults are 50 for char, 8 for int, 10 for real and 3 for bool.
default(optional): The default value when inserting records.
caption(optional): Caption for presentation in forms, default is the field name.
pk(optional): If the field belongs to the primary key.

field(2)

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layout

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link

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Contains

lookupfield

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Attributes

Contains

navigator

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Contains

newline

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relationship

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submenu

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table

Synopsis

<table name="tablename" >
...
</table>