offapi/com/sun/star/form/component/DatabaseComboBox.idl

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  22  module com {  module sun {  module star {  module form {  module component {
  23
  24
  25 /** This service specifies a combo box which is data-aware, and can be bound to a database field.
  26
  27     <p>Like most other data aware controls, such a combo box will display the actual content
  28     of the field it is bound to. In addition, as a combo box contains a list where the user
  29     can choose items to fill into the control, this list can be filled with different data from
  30     a database, too.</p>
  31  */
  32 published service DatabaseComboBox
  33 {
  34     service com::sun::star::form::component::ComboBox;
  35
  36     service com::sun::star::form::DataAwareControlModel;
  37
  38
  39     /** determines if an empty text should be treated as a `NULL` value.
  40
  41         <p>When the user enters text into a combo box, and after this, the control
  42         content is to be committed into the database field the control is bound to,
  43         a decision must be made how to deal with empty strings.<br/>
  44         This is controlled by #ConvertEmptyToNull.</p>
  45
  46         <p>If the property is set to `TRUE`, and an empty text is to be committed, this is
  47         converted into `NULL`, else it is written as empty string.</p>
  48      */
  49     [property] boolean ConvertEmptyToNull;
  50
  51     /** describes the source of items in the combo box's list.
  52
  53         <p>The concrete meaning of this property depends on the value of #ListSourceType</p>
  54      */
  55     [property] string ListSource;
  56
  57     /** specifies the kind of list source.
  58
  59         <p>Note: A value of com::sun::star::form::ListSourceType::VALUELIST
  60         is not valid for a combo box. It won't be rejected when setting it, but controls will usually ignore it
  61         and leave the list empty.</p>
  62      */
  63     [property] com::sun::star::form::ListSourceType ListSourceType;
  64 };
  65
  66
  67 }; }; }; }; };
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