Portal Column Names not Showing

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I just installed Servoy on MacOS X and trying to copy what the first video on the servoy magazine site does. Well, I am able to connect to the example data, create the forms and all of that. The problem is the portal I created to show the information from the order details does not show the names of the columns. I have to manually change the text property and put the name in. Shouldn’t the default be to show the names of the fields I selected?

For instance I expect this:
Field 1 Name | Field 2 Name | Field 3 Name |
Field 1 TXT | Field 2 TXT | Field 3 TXT |

I get this:
________|_||
Field 1 TXT | Field 2 TXT | Field 3 TXT |

any ideas?
Thanks,
Anthony

2

Hi Anthony, welcome to Servoy!

In the Dialog: Specify fields, you have a property: Fill Text property!

(be carefull!, you have to select the portal first and choose: Place field.)

Hope this helps!

3

The columns will be empty (same on the table view) until you fill out the text property. When you place the fields in the portal you can choose the “Fill in text property” checkbox on the field dialog - and it will automatically set them to the name of the column.

Hope this helps.

4

Probably has to do with whether it is a multiline portal or not. There are a LOT of different ways you can structure a portal (like everything in Servoy). The possibilities are almost limitless but it does mean that for all that flexibility you have to read the literature to get the most out of it.

5

Thank you all. i like the quick response, apparently a well monitored board.

-Anthony