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28#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_control_GridControl_idl__
29#define __com_sun_star_form_control_GridControl_idl__
30
31#ifndef __com_sun_star_awt_UnoControl_idl__
32#include <com/sun/star/awt/UnoControl.idl>
33#endif
34
35#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_XGrid_idl__
36#include <com/sun/star/form/XGrid.idl>
37#endif
38
39#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_XBoundComponent_idl__
40#include <com/sun/star/form/XBoundComponent.idl>
41#endif
42
43#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_XGridFieldDataSupplier_idl__
44#include <com/sun/star/form/XGridFieldDataSupplier.idl>
45#endif
46
47#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_XModifyBroadcaster_idl__
48#include <com/sun/star/util/XModifyBroadcaster.idl>
49#endif
50
51#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_XModeSelector_idl__
52#include <com/sun/star/util/XModeSelector.idl>
53#endif
54
55#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XIndexAccess_idl__
56#include <com/sun/star/container/XIndexAccess.idl>
57#endif
58
59#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XEnumerationAccess_idl__
60#include <com/sun/star/container/XEnumerationAccess.idl>
61#endif
62
63#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XContainer_idl__
64#include <com/sun/star/container/XContainer.idl>
65#endif
66
67#ifndef __com_sun_star_frame_XDispatchProviderInterception_idl__
68#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatchProviderInterception.idl>
69#endif
70
71#ifndef __com_sun_star_view_XSelectionSupplier_idl__
72#include <com/sun/star/view/XSelectionSupplier.idl>
73#endif
74
75//=============================================================================
76
77module com {  module sun {  module star {  module form {
78
79published interface XGridControl;
80
81module control {
82
83//=============================================================================
84
85/** describes a table-like control for displaying data.
86
87	<p>The model of the control has to support the <type scope="com::sun::star::form::component">GridControl</type>
88	service.</p>
89
90	@see com::sun::star::awt::UnoControl
91	@see com::sun::star::awt::UnoControlModel
92*/
93published service GridControl
94{
95	service com::sun::star::awt::UnoControl;
96
97	/** allows committing the content of the active cell of the control.
98	*/
99	interface com::sun::star::form::XBoundComponent;
100
101	/** allows access to the active cell within the grid.
102
103		<p>Only the column position can be modified using this interface, as the row position within
104		a table control bound to a data source is given implicitly (by the cursor position of the data source).</p>
105	*/
106	interface com::sun::star::form::XGrid;
107
108	[optional] interface com::sun::star::form::XGridControl;
109
110	/** used to broadcast modifications made by the user (within the active cell)
111	*/
112	interface com::sun::star::util::XModifyBroadcaster;
113
114	/** allows access to the field data of the grid's current row in different formats
115	*/
116	[optional] interface com::sun::star::form::XGridFieldDataSupplier;
117
118	/** allows access to objects wrapping a single column
119	*/
120	interface com::sun::star::container::XIndexAccess;
121
122	/** allows creation of an enumeration for the column objects
123	*/
124	interface com::sun::star::container::XEnumerationAccess;
125
126	/** is used to switch the operating modes of the control.
127
128		<p>Besides the normal opreration mode (which is used to display the database form's data) the control may
129		for instance support a filter mode.</p>
130	*/
131	[optional] interface com::sun::star::util::XModeSelector;
132
133	/** used to control the selection of rows in the grid control.
134
135		<p>The selection used with the methods <method scope="com::sun::star::view">XSelectionSupplier::getSelection</method>
136		and <method scope="com::sun::star::view">XSelectionSupplier::select</method> is a sequence of Any's.<br/>
137		Here the elements of the Sequence are the bookmarks (in the <type scope="com::sun::star::sdb">RowSet</type>)
138		of the (to-be-) selected rows.</p>
139	*/
140	[optional] interface com::sun::star::view::XSelectionSupplier;
141
142	/** allows external components to register dispatchers for some common form actions.
143
144		<p>A grid control can contain own UI elements for traveling within the database form it belongs to (This
145		concept seems to make sense, as a grid control - in opposite to other data aware controls - displayes
146		not only one record at a time, but a larger number of records of the database form.)<br/>
147		With the help of this interface, external components which wish to handle such travelings themself can
148		register interceptors for the actions in question.</p>
149
150		<p>Usual URLs to use include
151			<dl>
152				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToFirst</dt><dd> move the cursor to the first record</dd>
153				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToPrev</dt><dd> move the cursor to the previous record</dd>
154				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToNext</dt><dd> move the cursor to the next record</dd>
155				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToLast</dt><dd> move the cursor to the last record</dd>
156				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToNew</dt><dd> move the cursor to the (one and only) <em>new</em> record</dd>
157				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/undoRecord</dt><dd> undo the changes done so far in the current record</dd>
158			</dl>
159		</p>
160
161		<p>A concrete implementation of this service may offer more or less URLs, but if it offers some of the URLs
162		above, it must stick to the meanings defined above.</p>
163	*/
164	[optional] interface com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProviderInterception;
165};
166
167//=============================================================================
168
169}; }; }; }; };
170
171
172#endif
173