Kittox tips & tricks and how-tos
This page links to a growing collection of small articles about Kittox techniques, how-tos, tips & tricks. If you need an article covering a particular subject, or if you think you have something to contribute, let us know by posting in the forum.
Models and Data Access
- How to define a "Has One" reference between models
- How to define a "Has Many" reference between models
- How to define a calculated field
- How to use more than one database at a time
- How to enable/disable inserting, editing, deleting records
- How to selectively disable editing for single field
- How to upload files to the database
- How to autogenerate a view for a model
- How to filter data in a reference
- How to filter data in a view according to connected user
User Interface
- How to customize view labels and icons in predefined controllers
- How to customize grid colors
- How to display blob fields and external files as images
- How to style applications by means of CSS
- How to configure Edit window
- How to localize an application
- How to create a form with tabs
- How to show fields from a referenced model
- How to open a View or a Form at application start
- How to add an action button to the toolbar in a View
- How to force Form dimensions
- How to create search filters
- How to share the same layout between views
- How to customize the application for phone or tablet
Authentication and Access Control
- How to use a Custom user table for Authentication
- How to set up role-based access control — layered RBAC with three roles, wildcard baseline, role-specific allows and per-resource denies
Rules examples
- How to validate data before storing
- How to calculate an incremental field
- How to calculate a readonly stored field