TBaseDataSetAdapterField.GetDisplayStyleType Method

Returns the HTML display style type for this adapter field.

Pascal

function GetDisplayStyleType(const AAdapterMode: string): TAdapterDisplayHTMLElementType; virtual;

C++

virtual __fastcall TAdapterDisplayHTMLElementType GetDisplayStyleType(const AnsiString AAdapterMode);

Description

GetDisplayStyleType returns the best way to display this field's value in HTML forms.

AAdapterMode indicates the current mode of the parent dataset adapter. It is one of the following values:

Value	Mode	Meaning
Insert	amInsert	The field value is to be used for entering a value in a newly inserted record.
Edit	amEdit	The field value is to be used for editing the current field value.
Browse	amBrowse	The field value is to be displayed in a read-only manner.
Query	amQuery	The field value represents a criterion to use in a generated query.

In TBaseDataSetAdapterField, GetDisplayStyleType always returns htmldText, indicating that the value should appear as read-only text. Descendant classes override this to allow other display styles when necessary.