Link Data Container dialog

This dialog appears when you right-click a child data container and select Data Container Link from the shortcut menu. It helps you to set up some link conditions between the child data container and its parent.

The following are details about options in the dialog:

Condition tab

Specifies the link conditions between the parent and child data containers. See the tab.

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  Adds a field of the parent data container to set up links between the parent and child data containers.
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  Removes the selected field.
• Field
  Lists all the fields that are used in the link conditions.
  • Fields(Parent)
    Lists the selected fields of the parent data container.
  • OP
    Specifies the operator to setting up links between the parent and child data containers. It can be =, <>, >, >=, <, <=, IN or NOT IN.
  • Fields(Child)
    Lists the DBFields in the dataset of the child data container which are of the same data type as the selected fields in the parent data container.

Parameter tab

Specifies values for all parameters in the child data container. See the tab.

• Parameters
  Lists all parameters contained in the dataset of the child data container.
• Value
  Lists all the DBFields, formulas, summaries and parameters in the dataset of the parent data container which are of the same data type as the parameters of the child data container.

Return Value tab

Specifies values of the child data container fields which will be returned as the parent data container parameter values. See the tab.

• Fields in Child Data Container
  Lists all the fields in the child data container.
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  Adds a field in the child data container whose value will be returned to a parameter of the parent data container.
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  Removes the selected field.
• Return Value
  Lists all the fields in the child data container that will be used to return value to parameters of the parent data container.
  • Fields
    Lists the selected fields in the child data container.
  • Parameters
    Lists all the parameters in the parent data container which are of the same data type as the fields selected in the child data container.

OK

Applies all changes and closes the dialog.

Cancel

Does not retain any changes and closes the dialog.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

Related topics:

• Setting up data container link