Controlled by Attribute Dialog Box

The Controlled by Attribute dialog box appears when you select the Controlled by attribute option and select Details when creating a Combobox Dropdown, Combobox Droplist, Combobox Simple, or List. Use the dialog box to make the available list values in the data card depend on the value selected in another list or edit box.

Note: Before using Controlled by Attribute, you must define the controlling and dependent card lists that are used.

This dialog box contains controls for:

This page discusses:

See Also
Adding a Combo Box or List
Adding Lists

Attributes

Attribute
From the list of attributes, select the attribute for the controlling card list.

Table Section

The section is for entering the value of the selected attribute and the associated card list that displays when users choose the attribute. The section contains the following options:

Attribute Value
Click Click to edit and type a value defined in the associated controlling card list (that is, the card list you select in the same row).
Cardlist
Click Click to edit and select the card list that the software is to display when users choose the selected attribute.

You only see a list of options in Cardlist if you have defined one or more lists in the Lists Card Title dialog box. To access the Lists dialog box, select Card > Lists from the Card Editor menu. (See information about adding lists.)