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  • Open the model Dashboards and Forms 09, 10: Linked Views and presentation that you created in the previous exercise
  • Open the configuration form for the view Book List on the Stream Book List
  • In the list of Stream View Attributes double-click on Publisher
    • Tick the flag Changes Row Colour
    • Press Press Image Modified
  • Press Image Removed Press Image Added in the main view configuration form to save your changes
  • Open the view and sort by Publisher – simply click on the heading of the Publisher column
  • You will now see that the colour of the rows changes when the Publisher changes

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  • Open the configuration form for the view Book List on the Stream Book List
    • Remember you can right-click on any data row and select Show View
  • In the list of Stream View Attributes double-click on Publisher
    • Set the field Grid Default Width (pixels) to 150
    • Press Image RemovedPress Image Added
  • Similarly, set the grid width for Synopsis to 400
  • Press Image Removed Press Image Added in the main view configuration form to save your changes
  • Either open the view – or if you already have the view open, press Refresh
  • You will now see the data displayed with the column widths you have set

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  • Double-click on any row of data in the view Book List – a form with the details of the record will pop up
  • Close this detail view
  • Open the configuration form for the view
  • In the list of Stream View Attributes double-click on Synopsis
    • Set Width On Form (pixels) to 300
    • Set Height On Form (pixels) to 200
    • Press Image RemovedPress Image Added
    • Notice that when you update these values the Size On Form box changes to indicate the size that the field will now have on a form
  • Press Image Removed Press Image Added in the main view configuration form to save your changes
  • Double-click on any row of data in the view
  • In the record details form you will see the Synopsis field resized to the new settings

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  • Open the configuration form for the view Book List on the Stream Book List
  • In the list of Stream View Attributes double-click on Subject
    • Set the Alias to SubjectOfBook
    • Press Image Removed
    Press Image Removed
    • Press Image Added
  • Press Image Added in the main view configuration form to save your changes
  • Either open the view – or if you already have the view open, press Refresh
  • You will see the new view attribute name appear as the column heading in the view

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  • Open the configuration form for the view Book List on the Stream Book List
  • In the list of Stream View Attributes double-click on Synopsis
    • Set the Alias to Description
    • Press Image Removed
    Press Image Removed
    • Press Image Added
  • Press Image Added in the main view configuration form to save your changes
  • Either open the view – or if you already have the view open, press Refresh
  • Hover over one of the book descriptions – you will see the text pop up in a hover box

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  • Add an attribute to the Stream Book List:
    • Name: gridRowColour
    • Type: String
    • Length: 50
    • Expression:
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if (_out.Publisher == "Humbolt", "red", "aqua")
  • Re-load the file and run the stream to populate the new attribute:
    • Open the file browser from the file collector Book List
    • Navigate to the directory …\inputData\Books
    • Load the file BookList.xlsx
    • Run the stream Book List
  • Create a new view on the Stream BookList
    • Type: Grid
    • Name: Book List – Publisher by Colour
    • Attributes: add all attributes to the view
    • Press Image Removed Press Image Added to save your changes

Open the new view – you will see records for the publisher Humbolt highlighted in red, other rows shown in light blue.

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