KittoHowTo

Kitto tips & tricks and how-tos

This page links to a growing collection of small articles about Kitto 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

Rules examples

• How to validate data before storing
• How to calculate an incremental field
• How to calculate a readonly stored field

Session

• How to set custom values for the session
• How to create a log file

Miscellaneous features

• How to set config and metadata values from external files
• Can I open a view in a new browser tab?