Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
ADM and SmartObjects

SmartDataViewer usage notes

This section discusses special programming considerations for using SmartDataViewers.

Adding SmartObjects to SmartDataViewers

You add SmartDataFields to a SmartDataViewer after you pick all of the fields that will appear in the viewer. For details on how to add SmartDataFields, see the "Adding SmartDataFields to SmartDataViewers" section.

The SmartDataViewer does not support communications with contained SmartObjects other than SmartDataFields. It is possible to drop other SmartObjects onto a SmartDataViewer—its adm-create-objects procedure will run and initialize them—but there is no built-in support for doing so.

Inheriting Data Dictionary validation expressions

The SmartDataViewer’s template is defined with the USE-DICT-EXPS property to allow the viewer’s fields to inherit Data Dictionary validation expressions and help messages. If this property is not enabled, the SmartDataViewer does not inherit Data Dictionary validation settings regardless of the Inherit Dictionary Validation Expressions column option of the viewer’s SmartDataObject.