File Page Templates

The tab style project includes the following templates for displaying different types of file:

• File: Displays a plain text file on the page. This template replicates the functionality of the original file template found in the standard Include project. The new template is compatible with any existing PageFile() or DspFile() Cicode functions. It can display up to 24 lines of text from a file at a time. Buttons are provided for the user to browse to different rows and columns of the file.
• File_RTF: Displays a rich text format (RTF) file on the page using the CiTextBox ActiveX control. It can also display plain text file.
• File_HTML: Displays a hypertext markup language (HTML) file or an universal resource locator (URL) link on the page. It needs Microsoft Internet Explorer to be installed on the machine.

Several common features are presented on the templates:

The new file templates replicate the functionality of the original file template in the Include project. The new templates are compatible with any existing PageFile() or DspFile() Cicode functions. They can display up to 24 lines of text from a file at a time. Buttons are provided for the user to browse to different rows and columns of the file.

Several new features are added to the templates:

• When you create a page based on any of these templates in Graphics Builder, you can predefine the file for display at runtime. Clicking anywhere on the page will show a genie style dialog to allow you to enter a file path to assign a file to the page. A Citect path substitution string can be used in the file path. When the page is recalled at runtime, for example via PageDisplay(), the specified file will be automatically displayed.
• The "Open File" button displays an Open File dialog to select a different file to display.
• The "Refresh" button reopens the already opened file to get the latest contents.
• The full path name of the currently opened file is displayed.

Published June 2018