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Lookup calls are used by smart fields and columns to look up single or multiple lookup rows.
- Class:
LookupCall
Contents
Description
LookupCalls can be used in smart fields, tree boxes and other Scout widgets. They compute the Smart association: to a key a lookup row is associated. This allows to provide more than a text to the key (The lookupRow also contains an Icon, Colors, a TooltipText...)
This Shema explain the role of a LookupCall in a SmartField:
Input
Lookup calls provide different method to compute the set of LookupRows :
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getDataByKey()Retrieve a single lookup row for a specific key value. Used by SmartFields and SmatColumns to get the display text for a given value. -
getDataByText(): Retrieve multiple lookup rows which match a certain String. Used by SmartFields when the user start to enter some text in the Field. -
getDataByAll(): Retrieves all available lookup rows. Used by SmartFields when the user clic on the browse icon. -
getDataByRec(): This can only be used for hierarchical lookup calls. It retrieves all available sub-tree lookup rows for a given parent.
Type of lookup calls
With a Lookup Service
Delegation to the Lookup Service on server side.
They are not necessarily restricted to a fix number of records. Instead they should be favoured if the set of records is rather large.
Directy
Principe of the Local Lookup Calls
Explain and mention the execCreateLookupRows method
An example of this approach is when a SmartField or a SmartColumn is configured to be use with a CodeType. A 
CodeLookupCall is instantiated for the CodeType. It creates the LookupRows corresponding to the codes in the CodeType.
Overview
Properties
Defined with getConfiguredXxxxxx() methods.
- Service: Defines which service is used to retrieve lookup rows
- MasterRequired: Defines whether a master value must be set in order to query for multiple lookup rows
Code
Code example: accessing a LookupRow by key direcly