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Direct to Web Component Reference

 The current release defines five Direct to Web components in the DirectToWeb framework.

D2WQuery

For information on the behavior and appearance of this component see "Query Pages".
Bindings Comments
entityName

 The name of the entity for this query (NSString)

displayKeys

 The properties of the entity to display for the query (NSArray or NSString)

queryDataSource

 The data source for the query

action

 The action method to invoke when Query DB is clicked. The queryDataSource is pushed onto your page before this action is invoked.

Example: 

myQuery : D2WQuery {
	entityName = "Movie";
	displayKeys = "(title, roles)";
	queryDataSource = displayGroup.dataSource;
	action = displayGroup.fetch;
}

 D2WList
For information on the behavior and appearance of this component see "List Pages and Select Components".
Bindings Comments
entityName

 The name of the entity for this list (NSString)

dataSource

 The data source for the list

displayKeys

 The properties of the entity to display (NSArray or NSString)

Example: 

myList : D2WList {
	entityName = "Movie";
	dataSource = displayGroup.dataSource;
	displayKeys = "(title, roles)";
}

 D2WSelect
For information on the behavior and appearance of this component see "List Pages and Select Components".
Bindings Comments
entityName

 The name of the entity for this list (NSString)

displayKeys

 The properties of the entity to display (NSArray or NSString)

selectedObject

 Returns the object associated with the clicked Select button.

dataSource

 The data source for the list

action

 The action method to invoke when the Select button is clicked. The selectedObject is pushed onto your page before this method is invoked

Example: 

mySelect : D2WSelect {
	entityName = "Movie";
	selectedObject = displayGroup.selectedObject;
	dataSource = displayGroup.dataSource;
	action = selectAction;
}

 D2WInspect
For information on the behavior and appearance of this component see "Inspect and Edit Pages".
Bindings Comments
entityName

 The name of the entity for this record (NSString)

object

 Returns the object associated with the clicked Inspect button.

action

 The action method to invoke when the Return button is clicked

displayKeys

 The properties of the entity to display (NSArray or NSString)

Example: 

myInspect : D2WInspect {
	entityName = "Movie";
	object = displayGroup.selectedObject;
	action = editAction;
}

 D2WEdit
For information on the behavior and appearance of this component see "Inspect and Edit Pages".
Bindings Comments
entityName

 The name of the entity for this record (NSString)

object

 Returns the object associated with the clicked Edit button.

action

 The action method to invoke when the Edit button is clicked

displayKeys

 The properties of the entity to display (NSArray or NSString)

Example: 

myEdit : D2WEdit {
	entityName = "Movie";
	object = displayGroup.selectedObject;
	action = editAction;
}

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