8.2.2.9. Grid

Creating a grid listing all instances / A grid external to the main form

*This grid can be use to create a form where user can define options for dropdowns or it can also be use to list all the instance created of an entity,

To create a form where user can define options for dropdowns

1. Create the entity e.g. Category with the necessary attributes
2. Save the entity and its attribute
3. Create a new form tied to the entity just created
4. Say Yes when the system ask if you want to create a draft
   1. If you plan to use Inline Edit in the grid – The form doesn’t have to be designed with a nice layout
5. Save this form
6. Create a new form – No entity link to it
7. Go to the Form Entity Tab
   
8. Right click and do New field
   
9. Give it a name e.g.“Category List”
10. Check Complex Type
    
11. Select the entity this list will use (Category in this example)
12. Save the new attribute – Not the form
    
13. Go back to Designer tab
14. Drag and drop the grid control
15. Attribute = the one just created “Category List
    
16. Control properties built your grid – add the columns, width…