Detail

Each of the Column Control Components is associated with a column of Sample Data corresponding to a specific field in the Sample Data file. Hence, the Column Controls are also associated with certain Panel Components.  
 
The Column Controls have two uses. The first is to provide a title or meaningful description for an associated Panels' Sample Data. The second is to allow the end-user to perform an alpha-numeric sort on the whole of the Sample Data set with respect to the associated Sample Data field. So for example, if an end-user were to click on the Descriptions Column Control then the Sample Data set would be returned alpha-numerically sorted in terms of the column of data appearing in field 4 of the Sample Data file.  
 
The following Pre-defined Column Control Components exist:  
 
The Descriptions Column Control  
The Dates Column Control  
The Totals Column Control  
 
In addition, designers can also define their own Custom Column Control Components:

Generic Column Controls
 
 
 
 
Common Column Control Properties  
  
All Column Control Components inherit the following common Properties:  
 
Component Visibility Properties  
Use this Property to exclude a Column Control from the UI.  
 
Location Properties  
Use these Properties to specify the size and location of a Column Control within the UI.  
 
Margins Properties  
Use these Properties to set the left, right, top and bottom margins within which any text data is displayed.  
 
Text Properties  
Use these Properties in order to set and format text data for a Column Control.  
 
Image Properties  
Control Image Properties  
Use these Properties in order to define images for a Column Control.  
 
Opacity Properties  
Use this Property to set the Component image opacity.  
 
 
 
 
Notes  
  
The designer can specify whether or not a specific Pollstar100 Application is sortable via the AllowSorting Application level Property. If this Property is set to false then all Column Controls behave as Textbox Components and have no mouse-related events associated with them.  
 
An end-users choice of sorting can be preserved between sessions via the Cookie Related Properties.
 
Sorting does not affect the order in which the Sample Data is held within the Sample Data file.