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An iView displayed within another iView. The nested iView can be defined either as a separate iView entirely (with Nested window as Window type), or by using the Nested iView icon within the iView that will be the source window.

 

Group: Components

Model level: iView

When you drag the Nested iView icon onto the Design board, the Select Nested iView dialog box is displayed, showing a hierarchical tree with the iViews currently available in your model. Two options (radio buttons) are available for choosing the target iView:

  • Select existing iView Select one of the iViews shown in the tree; its name is displayed in the Name field

  • Create new iView In the name field, you can overwrite the New iView text and create a new nested iView of any name

Structure

The following table describes the properties and attributes of this model element:

Group

Property

Attribute

Description

Nested iView

Window title

Name of the iView within the source iView. You can either enter a title in the field, or click the browse button (ellipsis) at the right to open the Edit Title dialog box and specify a title using a dynamic expression.

Target iView

The source window in which the nested iView is displayed. You can either enter a title in the field, or click the browse button (ellipsis) at the right to open the Edit Title dialog box and specify a title using a dynamic expression.

Toolbar

Show

Adds a toolbar button area

Hide

Hides the toolbar button area

Edit

Displays the Create Toolbar Buttons dialog box (see Create Toolbar Buttons Dialog Box)

Layout

Fit contents

Actual size

Automatically sizes the contents of the view according to its size defined on the Layout board

Frame style

Primary frame

Top border in standard color

White

Top border in white

Neutral color

Top border in lighter color

Dark color

Top border in darker color

Transparent

No frame

Frame title bar

Displays view title

Collapsible frame

Contents of view can be hidden/displayed

Visibility condition

[none]

No conditions are given for displaying the form in runtime, so that it will be automatically visible

true

The form will be visible when this value appears in the formula defining when the form is displayed, such as Hidden, Required and so on

false

The form will not be visible when this value appears in the formula defining when the form is displayed, such as Hidden, Required and so on

Enter formula

Formula for indicating under what conditions the view is displayed in the iView