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Settings

With this interface, you can define general options of the Search Form.

Search configuration Interface. Search configuration Interface.

Search Criteria

Allows to select the logical operator AND or OR to define the criteria of the search;

Display Condition

Gets the condition of the search available for the user to choose one. He can select “AND” or “OR” in a Combobox.

Use auto-complete in the fields

Automatically turns the field into an autocomplete according to the existing values in the database. If the user chooses Yes, the autocomplete will enable automatically in all inputs that contain a relationship. If the user decides No, so no autocompletes will be displayed. Otherwise, the option selected is Defined in the field it’ll keep the settings for each field individually.

Search Criteria

With this interface, you can configure the conditions available for each field of the Search form.

Search configuration Interface. Search configuration Interface.

We can see the fields list on the left combo. On the right, the list of options for filtering the selected field. To select an option, click on one of them (Equal to, Beginning with, Contains, etc.) and then the button On/Off. The arrows, on the right, allows altering the order of the fields.

For the Date type fields, you can define special conditions for the search, accessing the field configurations, and editing the Special Conditions Settings.

Below the list are the buttons to enable the selected options:

  • On/Off: Enables or disables the field or the option chosen.
  • All: Marks all fields or options.
  • None: Unmarks all the fields or options.

Advanced Search

Settings

Through the table below we are able to set all the options that will be part of the application “Grid Search”.

Margins

Defines the position of the margins of the Search Form.

Keep Values

It keeps the searched values when the user returns to the search form.

Keep Columns and Order Selection

Set it to preserve the selected columns and sorting for each search, if they went changed by the user through the toolbar options.

Use Enter to

It allows you to define the action that the Enter Key has on the Search form. Tabulate enables you to navigate between fields, and Submit performs the search(activates the Search button).

Display Tags

Allows displaying as tags, the searches used for the Grid.

Display after filtering

Display tags only after performing an advanced search. If disabled, it will always display a tag, regardless of the advanced search.

Unify results

Sets the chars limit to group the result of the tags. This option should be used when the field type is multiple-select.

Treeview in the Tags

Sets the use of Treeview for tags.

Initial status of the Treeview

It sets the initial state of the Treeview. (If the app is using Treeview for tags)

Start open

It displays the tags. Labels with opened treeview

Start close

It displays the full description of the tags as text. Labels with closed treeview

Clear other filters after submit

After applying the advanced filter, all other filters will be deleted.

Interact with the dynamic filter

Apply the same filter in matching fields between Advanced and Dynamic Filter, when not showing the labels.

Highlight

Highlights the results in the query. It only works for “Exactly the same”, “Contains” and “Equal start” conditions.

To customize how the highlight will be displayed, you must access the theme editing tool.

1 - Access the Layout > Application Themes menu.
2 - Choose the desired theme and click Advanced Mode.
3 - Then look for the sub-item Grid, within the item of the same name.
4 - In this sub-item you will find the option “Line”, which contains the folders Line Odd and Even. In each of these folders you will find the option Quicksearch highlight, with the options for editing Text, Border and Background of the searched terms.

Select fields

![Interface for filter fields selection.][filtro_avancado_configuracao_selecionar_campos] Interface for filter fields selection.

Required

Defines which fields of application will be required for the Search.

![Required fields interface.][filtro_avancado_configuracao_campos_obrigatorios] Required fields interface.

The application generated will be displayed a bullet (*) next to the field and an error message is generated if not assigned no value.

![Configuration interface of the marker placement.][filtro_avancado_configuracao_campos_obrigatorios_posicionamento] Configuration interface of the marker placement.

  • Marker position : Marker’s position relative to the field.
  • Display message : Displays whether or not the validation error message.

Toobar

Search Toolbar

The Search toolbar is divided in two parts: Top and Bottom, in a way that is possible to define the buttons that will be displayed in both bars. The selection of buttons in the top and bottom toolbar works independently, allowing the buttons to be displayed in both bars at the same time.

Toolbar Interface. Toolbar Interface.

Groups the options relative to the navigation buttons that can be displayed in the application.

  • Search: Execute the search.
  • Clean: Clean the all the search fields.
  • Edit: Enable the Save Tag option.
  • Exit: Exit the application.

Others:

Groups a diversity of options relative to the application.

  • Languages: Displays a combobox with the names available, defined in the project properties.
  • Themes: Displays a combobox with the themes available, defined in the project properties.
  • HelpCase: Displays a button to redirect to the help page.

Separator

  • —————–: Dispays a line separating the buttons, when used the Group Buttons.

Use in-line buttons:

Allows the alignment of the filter buttons next to the fields.

Inline buttons: Allows you to select which buttons will be displayed next to the field, and you can sort them according to your wishes. This option is available by enabling Use buttons inline in the button settings.

When activating the Inline Buttons option, the screen to configure the buttons will be displayed.

Inline Buttons settings.

The buttons available in this in-line button option are the same as those shown in the standard toolbar described above.

This is the result when using a radio button on the line

Inline Buttons settings.

Button Settings

Button Settings Interface. Button Settings Interface.

  • Hotkey: Allows you to set keyboard hotkeys to a button.
  • Position of the in-line buttons: Sets the positioning of the buttons to the right or left of the fields.
  • Column Quantity: Sets the number of display columns of the buttons, allowing you to configure whether they will be displayed side-by-side or distributed in columns.

This feature allows the end-user to save his searches in a profile. You can create some rules, like to save the searches by user login.

Save Filter Interface. Save Filter Interface.

Save Filter Interface. Save Filter Interface.

Events

In event blocks can be used global variables, local, JavaScript code, CSS codes and Scriptcase macros.

onScriptInit

This event occurs whenever the application is loaded, or reloaded. This event occurs when the application its loaded, or reload. Occurs before the application runs the SQL statement, so using this event it is possible to modify the grid SQL statement dynamically, based on any logical. Macros frequently called on this event: sc_select_field, sc_select_order, sc_select_where(add), etc.

onRefresh

This event occurs when the form its reloaded. This event occurs when the form application is reloaded, is possible to reload the form based on fields (select , radio, checkbox)

onSave

This event occurs always that some search setting is saved in the filter application. This event occurs always that some search setting is saved in the filter application.

onValidate

This event occurs when the search form is submitted. This event occours when the search form is submitted. Ex. in order to prevent some searches or to validate any search params if( strlen({name}) <= 0) { sc_error_message(" Please fill the name field before submit your search "); }

Layout

This module lets you editing display options for the application. You can apply visualization themes, organize blocks, define values, and the display format of the Header and Footer.

Layout Settings

ScriptCase creates an app by using default values defined per project, but you can change those values for a specific application on this interface.

Application Display Theme Configuration Application Layout Settings

Header Template

Allows choosing the look of the application Header.

Allows choosing the look of the application Footer.

Button

Allows choosing the button theme for the application.

Themes

Choose one of the selected themes in the project properties. It defines the look of the application, like colors, fonts, and others.

Header & Footer

Here we can define if we want to display the header or not, the application title, and fill the header variables. The header looks according to the selected template in the Layout settings interface.

Application Header Configuration Application Header Configuration

Display Header

This option determines if we want to display the header or not.

Title

Allows informing the title of the application.

Header Variables

We must fill the variable fields with one of the types available in the Combobox. Depending on the type, you need to associate content with it. Those are the types:

  • Field: When you choose the option “Field”, it opens a Combobox to choose a field to associate the field value with the header.
  • Title: It displays the value of “Application Title” in the header.
  • Date: It displays the system’s date in “yyyy/mm/dd” format in the header. There are several display formats available, and you can change it by using the text field beside it. To access existing formats, click on the hint to see an explanation.
  • Image: It displays a field to inform the name of an existing image in the server. You can select an image by clicking on the icon “Choose Image”, and you still can upload new images by using the button “Upload”. Application Footer configuration.
  • Value: It displays the content of the text input. You can inform static texts and “Global Variables”. e.g. “Employee Name: [v_name]”.

Depending on the Application, you may have more than one title option.

Footer

Application Footer Configuration Application Footer Settings

This page may change depending on the footer template chosen in the Layout Settings.

This option determines if we want to display the footer or not.

We must fill the variable fields with one of the types available in the Combobox. Depending on the type, you need to associate content with it. Those are the types:

  • Field: When you choose the option “Field”, it opens a Combobox to choose a field to associate the field value with the header.
  • Date: It displays the system’s date in “yyyy/mm/dd” format in the header. There are several display formats available, and you can change it by using the text field beside it. To access existing formats, click on the hint to see an explanation.
  • Image: It displays a field to inform the name of an existing image in the server. You can select an image by clicking on the icon “Choose Image”, and you still can upload new images by using the button “Upload”. Application Footer configuration.
  • Value: It displays the content of the text input. You can inform static texts and “Global Variables”. e.g. “Employee Name: [v_name]”.

Fields

This is a list of fields available for use in the filter. Click on the desired field to access the configuration instructions.

Text Field Field Select
Integer Field Field Double Select
Decimal Field Field Checkbox
Currency Field Field Radio
Date Field Field Text Auto-Complete
Field time Field Number Auto-Complete
Field Datetime