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Basic Data Viewers

The basic Data Viewer object, or DB–Fields as it is also called, corresponds in purpose to the SmartDataViewer object. While Browsers present fields from many records at once, in a row/column tabular format, the Viewer objects display fields from a single record using Fill–in widgets, one Fill–in per field. The Viewer object can display any of the standard data types that can be represented by ASCII text.

Unlike a SmartDataViewer, the basic Viewer object manages its own data stream, communicating with the data source on its own behalf rather than tapping into the data stream supplied by a modular data pump such as the SmartDataObject.

Although you can freely place a basic Data Viewer object in a Smart workspace, for example, a SmartWindow, doing so will not enable it to take advantage of SmartLinks or participate in ADM paging.


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