This article describes how to hide a field in LightSwitch using Visual Studio 2012. Here in this article I am setting the visibility of an ID field to false.
The following is the procedure for displaying a field.
Step 1
Open the Solution Explorer.
Step 2
In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the data source and choose "Add Table".
Step 3
The Table appears.When we are creating a table sometimes we require the field and sometimes not. Here the field is visible by default.
Step 4
In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the Screens and choose "Add Screen".
Step 5
Select "Add New Screen" from the Screen Template. Under Screen Information we provide the Screen Name and Screen Data and then click "OK".
Step 6
The Screen Designer appears.
Step 7
Press F5 to run the application.
Now the following is the procedure for hiding a field.
Step 1
In the Step 3 after creating the table, select the ID field from the table and then go to the property window and unmark the checkbox "Display By Default".
Step 2
It will hide the ID from the running application.
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