You can use a custom panel to arrange the relevant fields,
and you can implement custom functions to complete field-level verification,
database lookups, or other features.
With the custom panel interface, the thumbnail and batch browser
sections are the same as those sections in the field-at-a-time interface.
However, the center panel in the custom panel interface can be customized.
The Microsoft Visual
Studio-based DotEdit development environment provides access to all
the components and tools you need to customize your panels. An automated
test container generates the initial panel for you automatically based
on the fields in the
DCO. You can then modify
the appearance of the panel and add custom functions to the C# code modules. The
example shows a custom invoice page layout that displays all of the
relevant fields in the invoice header. The example also shows a grid
that contains all of the individual line items. Included is a field
for looking up vendor names in a vendor table and controls for running
custom task profiles. The example uses the APT sample application,
which is covered in detail in
Creating
a custom panel for the APT (Invoice) sample. However, because
the APT sample includes more advanced functions, you need to review
the TravelDocs application first.
