TASK: Understand the properties of the DirectoryStyle Element

In this task you will understand the properties of the <DirectoryStyle> element.

In this example we choose the <BaseQuery Name="Fred4Pages" in the FRED4_Config.xml configuration file.

You will be able to perform this task if you already performed the TASK: Understand the DirectoryStyleList element, and your screen is as it was on the end of that task.

1.Expand the <DirectoryStyle Name="List" element, to review its parts: it contains the properties, such as Name, Height etc, one <SortList> element and a series of <ColStyle elements:

DirectoryStyle properties

The <DirectoryStyle element has a number of properties, some mandatory, some optional.

•Name: the name to display in the directory style selector on the navigators and listings (mandatory). Note: the directory style names must be unique within the parent <DirectoryStyleList> but may be the same in different <DirectoryStyleList>. For example, in the standard configuration there are 110 directory styles with the name "List".

•Description: description of the directory style (optional).

•Height: "1" for the list directory styles, or the height in pixels for the grid directory styles (mandatory)

•Width: "-1" for the list directory styles, or the width in pixels for the grid directory styles (mandatory).

•Type: (optional).

•MinimumDetail: This handles the bottom limit of the zoom slider (optional).

•DefaultDetail: This defines the default zoom level of the slider (optional, but mandatory if the MinimumDetail is defined).

•MaximumDetail: This defines the top limit of the slider (optional, but mandatory if the MinimumDetail and DefaultDetail are defined).

•StepDetail:

•ObjectReferences: (optional).

•RefreshOptions:  (optional).

•PrintStyleName:  (optional).

•CalendarDays

•CalendarOption

•CalendarSplitterPosition

•CalendarIdIndex

•StartDateIndex

•EndDateIndex

•FeedName

•FeedOption

DirectoryStyle elements

•<SortList>: it contains the sort rules for all the columns.

•<ColStyle>: it defines a single column.

•<DataTemplate>: it defines a single grid element.