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5/10/2010 3:56:07 PM

Brett

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I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I'm demoing the product and I can't figure out how you override the labels that are generated. So, for example I have FirstName and I want "First Name"....Some of the demos show the columns with "friendly" representations, but I don't see in code where they ever get changed from the database column name.

5/11/2010 1:31:45 PM

Adillis Support

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Re: Labels

Hi Brett,

The labels by default show the column name. The captions and descriptions of each database columns which are used by the labels can be configured in a global resource .resx file. After the file is prepared its name is specified in the Web.config file so that smartDBforms.NET can find it. Also, SmartDataSource has a property ResourceClassKey in which you can specify a specific .resx file which will override the one from Web.config .

Using .resx files the captions and descriptions can easily be translated and smartDBforms.NET will use the correct translation according the the user's locale. In the demo project the file is \App_GlobalResources\NorthwindResource.resx and it also has Spanish translation - NorthwindResource.es.resx.

For MS SQL, there is also an option to have the captions and description as extended properties of the database columns.

For details on the sequence of caption selection and the exact syntax of the .resx entry names you can see the documentation - smartDBforms.NET User's Guide - Database captions and descriptions

You can also see an example of how to configure the display text of foreign key values in the KB article HOWTO: Change the display text for the foreign key values

If you have any other questions, we will be more than happy to help you.
Best wishes,
Adillis Support
Adillis - IT solutions http://adillis.com

5/11/2010 2:00:59 PM