Designer: Data Items Panel

The Data Items panel allows you to configure data items that you can use to bind control properties to.

The following table describes the attributes of this panel:
AttributeValueDescription
Data ItemsUser-definedDisplays the list of data items.
Data Items: AddN/AClick to add a data item.
Data Items: RemoveN/AClick to remove a data item.

Data Item Properties

The following table describes the properties for data items. They should be configured at design time.

PropertyProperty TypeDescription
DescriptionInputSpecifies more information that a user may find helpful.
DisplayNameInputSpecifies the name to display in the Workflow Editor.
LocalizationInputClick the ellipsis button to open the Localization Configuration dialog box where you can configure the property to localize, the language to use for localization, and the text to localize.
NameInputSpecifies the identifying name. The name provides a reference so that code behind, such as event handler code, can refer to a markup element during processing by a XAML processor.
SourceInput

Click the ellipsis button to open the Configure a Data Source dialog box to select and configure a source for the data item. For more information, see Configure a data source item for a resource source.

If you are developing a form and choose not to specify a data source, you can specify one in the workflow and pass it in.

Note: If you specify a data source in the form, it acts as a default value. Therefore, if you specify a value in the form and as input in the workflow, the value in the workflow overrides the value in the form, and is the value used at run time.
Source AddressInput

Specifies the fully qualified address of the data source you want to assign to the current data item. It can only be used for items with the same configuration. For example, this property can be used on all Mixer classes that have a Speed property.

Note: Use this property only if you want to override the Ldap address of the item to read what is passed in by the workflow, but retain all other configuration details.

For example, if you configure a workflow to read data items of Line1 (configured to read propertyXYZ), you can override the source address to be Line2, and still read propertyXYZ.

SubscribeInput

Select this check box to indicate that this data item should be subscribed to.

If this check box is cleared, the data item value is read only once when the form or user display loads. When this check box is selected, the data item value is updated continuously as the data item source updates.

UidInputSpecifies the unique identifier (for localization).