CHAPTER 8

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Adding Buttons to Reports

A common requirement in some form or another is to respond to a click somewhere on a particular record. Mobile applications in particular respond better with buttons than old-fashioned anchor links.

Typically, a mouse click or finger tap would invoke some process that either manipulates the page or communicates with the database. This chapter demonstrates the common framework required to facilitate such a requirement and explores options to get information about the row.

In Chapter 9, we begin to explore the processes underneath these buttons and behaviors.

Defining the Button

There will always be a number of ...

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