You can use the Smart Construction - Display Editor window to create and configure a combo box for the Smart Construction work package window. Combo boxes display a list of values.
Administrators can configure combo boxes for a Smart Construction work package window to use values from a SmartPlant Foundation enumerated list or a list of objects retrieved from a relationship definition relating to a work package object.
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Open the Smart Construction - Display Editor on the toolbar item you want to configure. For more information, see Open the Smart Construction Display Editor.
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On the Smart Construction - Display Editor window, select the Show Grid option to help arrange and align controls.
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Click Add on the Smart Construction - Display Editor window.
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Select Combobox on the Select Type dialog box.
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On the SPC Combobox Attribute dialog box, type a label name in the Label box. This is required.
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Type a pixel value in the Label Offset box to define where the label displays to the left of where the combo box is positioned.
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Type a pixel value in the Width box to define the width of the combo box.
If you type zero as your value, the combo box stretches to the screen width.
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Type a pixel value in the Height box to define the height of the combo box. The default value is 23 pixels.
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Select a value for the Combo Item Source box.
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Select a relationship definition in the RelDef box. This is required, if you select the source of the combo box to be a relationship definition.
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Select an interface definition in the Interface box. This is required.
If you select the source of your combo box to be a property enumerated list, the interface definition defines where to save and retrieve information for this control.
If you select the source of your combo box to be a relationship definition, the interface definition selected is the target object of the relationship definition to return the display value for the combo box list.
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Select a property definition value in the Property box. This is required.
If you select the source of your combo box to be a property enumerated list, the property value is the property associated with the selected interface definition.
If you select the source of your combo box to be a relationship definition, the property value associated with the selected interface definition.
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In the Tab Order box, type a value to define the display sequence for this control on the work package window.
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Select Always or Read Only for the Edit Mode value.
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Select whether or not the combo box value is required for the work package from the Required box.
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Click OK on the SPC Combobox Attribute dialog box to save changes to the new combo box.