:: com :: sun :: star :: form ::

service PropertyBrowserController
Description
describes a controller which can be used to browse and modify properties of form controls.

The controller can be plugged into an ::com::sun::star::frame::XFrame , and will provide a visual component for inspecting control properties. This means it allows to interactively control several aspects of a FormControlModel or DataAwareControlModel , such as it's data binding, it's layout, and it's event binding

For using a PropertyBrowserController, you need to

  • instatiate it at a service factory of your choice
  • attach it to an empty frame of your choice
  • set the IntrospectedObject property to the control model which you wish to analyze

Example
Java
 XFrame xFrame = getNewEmptyFrame();
 XMultiServiceFactory xORB = getORB();
 XPropertySet xControlModel = getMyControlModel();

 // instantiate the controller
 XController xController = (XController)UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XController.class,
 xORB.createInstance( "com.sun.star.form.PropertyBrowserController" ) );

 // marry the controller and the frame. This will cause the controller
 // to create a visual component within the frame to inspect our object
 xController.attachFrame( xFrame )

 // tell the controller which object to inspect
 XPropertySet xControllerProps = (XPropertySet)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
 XPropertySet.class, xController );

 xControllerProps.setPropertyValue( "IntrospectedObject", xControlModel );
See also
::com::sun::star::frame::XController

Exported Interfaces
::com::sun::star::frame::XController
Description
ensures the basic functionality for a controller.

With supporting this interface, the component is able to operate in (and provide content for) an ::com::sun::star::frame::XFrame .

::com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet
Description
allows to access the properties of the object
::com::sun::star::beans::XFastPropertySet
Description
allows to access the properties via indicies
::com::sun::star::beans::XMultiPropertySet
Description
allows to access more than one property of the object at the same time
Properties' Summary
IntrospectedObject contains the object to inspect.
CurrentPage controls the actually visible page.
Properties' Details
IntrospectedObject
::com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet IntrospectedObject;
Description
contains the object to inspect.

Changing this property from outside causes the controller to update it's view with the data of the new object

CurrentPage
string CurrentPage;
Description
controls the actually visible page.

The aspects of a DataAwareControlModel which can be browsed and modified using this controller can be separated into 3 groups: common aspects, data-awareness related aspects, and bound events.
The appearance of the visual component created by the controller is that 3 tab pages, one for each group, are displayed (of course if the control does not support any aspects of a given group, the group is omitted).
With this property, it can be controller which page is currently acticve.

Valid values are (this list may be extended in the future):

  • Generic
  • Data
  • Events

 
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