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addLinkedControl( control)

Adds a linked child DbNetFile instance to the control (typically used to display files for a selected folder). Linked controls should have their properties assigned before being passed as an argument to the addLinkedControl method. There is no need to call the initialize method for linked controls as this is done automatically.
Parameters

control

object

Reference to the child DbNetFile control.

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addToolbarButton( index)

Adds a button to the toolbar.

Returns

A reference to the button
Parameters

index

number

The position in the toolbar where you would like the button added. If no index is supplied the button is added at then end of the toolbar.

bind(eventName, handler)

Binds a client-side function to an event
Parameters

eventName	string	Name of the event
handler	function	Reference to the client-side function

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initialize()

Initializes the control and returns the first page of data. The method should be called after all the properties have been assigned.

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setColumnLabels(columnLabels)

Specifies the labels for the columns specified in setColumnTypes
Parameters

columnLabels

array of strings

multiple strings

List of labels

setColumnProperty(columnName, propertyName, propertyValue)

Assigns a property value to the specified column (or columns)

Parameters

columnName	string\|array of strings	Column name or array of column names
propertyName	string	Name of the column property
propertyValue	string, number or boolean	The property value

setColumnTypes(columnTypes)

Specifies the columns that are displayed in the file control. The column types that can be selected depend on the browseMode which controls the way in which the file system is accessed. For the default browseMode of FileSystem the following column types are available.

Column Type	Description
Icon	Icon representing the file type in the column
Name	File name
Size	File size
DateCreated	Date the file was created
Type	File type (extension)
DateLastModified	Date the file was last modified
DateLastAccessed	Date the file was last accessed
Thumbnail	Thumbnail (for image files only)
Folder	Parent folder

If you are using WindowsSearch as the browseMode then you can find a list of available column types available here

If you are using IndexingService as the browseMode then you can find a list of available column types available here

Parameters

columnTypes

array of strings

multiple strings

List of column types

	<script>
	jQuery(document).ready( init )

	function init()
	{
		var dbnetfile1 = new DbNetFile("dbnetfile1");
		with (dbnetfile1)
		{
			rootFolder="~/samples/dbnetfile/files"

			setColumnTypes("Icon","Name","Folder","DateCreated","Size","DateLastModified","DateLastAccessed","Thumbnail");

			setColumnProperty("Name","selectable",true);
			setColumnProperty("DateCreated","format","MMM yyyy");
			setColumnProperty("DateLastModified","label","Last Modified");
			setColumnProperty("DateLastAccessed","label","Last Accessed");
			setColumnProperty("DateLastModified","format","g");
			setColumnProperty("DateLastAccessed","format","dddd");
			setColumnProperty("Thumbnail","label","Thumb");

			initialize()
		}
	}

	</script>

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toolbarElement(id)

Gets a reference to the specified toolbar element.

Parameters

string

id can be search, deleteRow, newFolder or upload