To display data in Grid, ListBox, or ComboBox controls in iFIX, you must first animate them to use the ADORecords of the Data Control as a data source, as described in Animating Grid, ListBox, or ComboBox Controls. Then, to switch the WorkSpace to Run mode: in Ribbon view, on the Home tab, in the WorkSpace group, click the Switch to Run button, or in Classic view, on the WorkSpace toolbar click the Run button.
To display data in Grid, ListBox, or ComboBox controls in CIMPLICITY, you must make sure that each of your controls is associated with a Data Control as a data source, if you have not already done so. Then, open the screen in CimView.
Whether using iFIX or CIMPLICITY's run-time environment, you can use the navigation arrows on the Data Control to move to the first, last, next, or previous records of data displayed in a Grid Control. The zero-based number in the Data Control displays the number of the current record. You can also make the Data Control invisible in the run-time environment by setting the InvisibleInRunMode property to True in the Data Control's object Properties window.
The Grid, ListBox, and ComboBox Controls behave as you would expect them to. For example, data in a ListBox Control appears in a list box, with a scroll bar if necessary to view the data. Data in a ComboBox Control, appears in a drop-down list box. Click the down-arrow to view listed items or enter a value. In the Grid Control, data appears in a spreadsheet-like format. Use the scroll bars to view data. To resize columns in the Grid Control, position the mouse cursor over the column headings. When the cursor changes to a double-headed arrow, slide the mouse left or right to resize the columns.
