User Guide

58 Chapter 3: User Interfaces for Extensions
The following figure shows an advanced Recordset dialog box that uses a database tree control
and a variable grid control:
Adding a database tree control
The database tree control has the following attributes:
Any option tags that are placed inside the
select tag are ignored.
Attribute name Description
name
Name of the database tree control
control.style
Width and height, in pixels
type
Type of control
connection
Name of the database connection that is defined in the Connection
Manager; if empty, the control is empty.
noexpandbuttons
When this attribute is specified, the tree control does not draw the Plus (+) or
collapse Minus (-)
indicators or the associated arrows on the Macintosh.
This attribute is useful for drawing multicolumn list controls.
showheaders
When this attribute is specified, the tree control displays a header at the top
that lists the name of each column.