TBaseDataSetAdapterField.GetDisplayStyle Method

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

Pascal

function GetDisplayStyle(const AAdapterMode: string): string;

C++

__fastcall AnsiString GetDisplayStyle(const AnsiString AAdapterMode);

Description

GetDisplayStyle implements the DisplayStyle property of this adapter field. The DisplayStyle property can be used in server-side script to determine an appropriate control for displaying 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.

GetDisplayStyle returns one of the following strings:

Value	Meaning
Text	Display the field as read-only text
Image	Display the field as an image
List	Display the field as a list of read only values

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