For example, consider a Pollstar100 Application for displaying content relating to a list of books. The designer may choose to use the pre-defined Descriptions Panel to display the names of books and then define a Generic Text Panel instance for displaying the names of the authors. Generic Text Panel Components might also be used to provide hidden fields containing key-word lists that can be used in conjunction with Generic Filter Controls.
Any number of Generic Text Panel Components may be defined within a Pollstar100 Application.
Custom XML Tag
Use the following XML tag to define a Generic Text Panel Component within your Custom XML file:
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Common Panel Properties
Generic Text Panel Components inherit the following common Panel Properties:
Component Visibility Properties
General Panel Properties
Location Properties
Margins Properties
Image Properties
Opacity Properties
Specialised Properties
In addition to the above, Generic Text Panel Component also inherit the following specialised Properties:
Unique ID
Use this field to provide a unique ID for a specific instance of the Generic Text Panel Component.
Sample Field ID
Use this Property to associate a Generic Text Panel instance with a custom-defined Sample Data field containing text or numeric data.
Counting Hits
Use this Property in order to record the number of hits received for a HTML Description related URL.
Text Properties
Use these Properties in order to set and format the Panel text data.
Panel Text Rotation
Use this Property to specify an angle of rotation for the Panel text data.
HTML Text
Use this Property to specify whether the text data is plain-text or supports HTML format.
File Based Text
Use this Property to specify that the text data for this Component is contained within an external file.
CSS File
Use this Property to specify the location of an external CSS File used to format this Components' text data.
Sample Field Data Type
Use this Property to override the default filtering mechanism used for the associated Sample Data field.
Default Property Values
The following default Property values are defined for Generic Text Panel Components:
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Property Name
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Default Value
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Visible
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true
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X
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undefined
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Y
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undefined
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Width
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undefined
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Height
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undefined
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Margins
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0, 0, 0, 0
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Scale
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70
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Horizontal
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false
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TextFromFile
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false
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Text
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undefined
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TextHTML
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true
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TextFont
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Times New Roman
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TextAlign
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left
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TextColour
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0
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TextSize
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12
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TextItalic
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false
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TextBold
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false
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TextUnderline
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false
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TextBorder
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false
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TextRotation
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0
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CSSFile
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undefined
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Image
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default
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Opacity
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100
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BorderRadius
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0
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BorderColour
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0
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BorderWeight
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0
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Colours
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undefined
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CountHits
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false
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UniqueID
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undefined
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SampleFieldID
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undefined
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SampleFieldDataType
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text
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Related Topics
Using Generic Components To Extend the UI
