TBaseDataSetAdapterField.GetInputStyle Method

Returns a string value that suggests an HTML editing style for this adapter field.

Pascal

function GetInputStyle(const AAdapterMode: string): string;

C++

__fastcall AnsiString GetInputStyle(const AnsiString AAdapterMode);

Description

GetInputStyle implements the InputStyle property of this adapter field. The InputStyle property can be used in server-side script to determine an appropriate control for editing the field's value.

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

Value	Mode	The HTML control is used for
Insert	amInsert	Providing a field value on a newly inserted record.
Edit	amEdit	Modifying an existing field value.
Browse	amBrowse	Read-only viewing of an existing field value.
Query	amQuery	Entering a value to use for the field in a generated query.

GetInputStyle returns one of the following strings:

Value	Meaning
TextInput	Edit the field using a single line input field.
PasswordInput	Edit the field as a password field.
Select	Edit the field using a single selection list.
SelectMultiple	Edit the field using a multiple selection list.
Radio	Edit the field using radio buttons.
CheckBox	Edit the field using check boxes.
TextArea	Edit the field using a multi-line input field.
File	Edit the field using a file upload input field.

Note: Although GetInputStyle is not a virtual method, it uses the virtual GetInputStyleType method to determine what value to return. To change the way the adapter field determines the input style, override the GetInputStyleType method.