Basic process
Using a DataWindow involves two main steps:
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Use the DataWindow painter to create or edit a DataWindow
object.In the painter, you define the data source, presentation
style, and all other properties of the object, such as display
formats, validation rules, sorting and filtering criteria, and
graphs. -
In your development environment, put a DataWindow control in a
window, visual user object, or form or a DataWindow container in a
Web page and associate a DataWindow object with the control or
container.It is through the control or container that your application
communicates with the DataWindow object you created in the
DataWindow painter. You write code to manipulate the DataWindow
control or container and the DataWindow object it contains.
Typically, your code retrieves and updates data, changes the
appearance of the data, handles errors, and shares data between
DataWindow controls.