TCustomDataSetAdapterField.GetInputStyleType Method

Returns the default style of the HTML control to use for editing this adapter field.

Pascal

function GetInputStyleType(const AAdapterMode: string): TAdapterInputHTMLElementType; override;

C++

virtual __fastcall TAdapterInputHTMLElementType GetInputStyleType(const AnsiString AAdapterMode);

Description

GetInputStyleType returns the recommended type of control to use for editing 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 control is to be used for entering a field value in a newly inserted record.
Edit	amEdit	The control is to be used for editing the current field value.
Browse	amBrowse	The control is to be used for read-only display.
Query	amQuery	The control is to be used for entering a criterion to use in a generated query.

GetInputStyleType returns htmliSelect (a single-selection list box) if the ValuesList property provides a list of possible values for the field. Otherwise, GetInputStyleType returns htmliTextInput (a single-line edit control).