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#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_control_GridControl_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_form_control_GridControl_idl__ 

#ifndef __com_sun_star_awt_UnoControl_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/awt/UnoControl.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_XGrid_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/form/XGrid.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_XBoundComponent_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/form/XBoundComponent.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_XGridFieldDataSupplier_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/form/XGridFieldDataSupplier.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_XModifyBroadcaster_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/util/XModifyBroadcaster.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_util_XModeSelector_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/util/XModeSelector.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XIndexAccess_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/container/XIndexAccess.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XEnumerationAccess_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/container/XEnumerationAccess.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_container_XContainer_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/container/XContainer.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_frame_XDispatchProviderInterception_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatchProviderInterception.idl>
#endif

#ifndef __com_sun_star_view_XSelectionSupplier_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/view/XSelectionSupplier.idl>
#endif

//============================================================================= 
 
 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module form {  module control { 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
/** describes a table-like control for displaying data.

	<p>The model of the control has to support the <type scope="com::sun::star::form::component">GridControl</type>
	service.</p>

	@see com::sun::star::awt::UnoControl
	@see com::sun::star::awt::UnoControlModel
*/
published service GridControl
{
	service com::sun::star::awt::UnoControl;

	/** allows committing the content of the active cell of the control.
	*/
	interface com::sun::star::form::XBoundComponent;

	/** allows access to the active cell within the grid.

		<p>Only the column position can be modified using this interface, as the row position within
		a table control bound to a data source is given implicitly (by the cursor position of the data source).</p>
	*/
	interface com::sun::star::form::XGrid;

	/** used to broadcast modifications made by the user (within the active cell)
	*/
	interface com::sun::star::util::XModifyBroadcaster;

	/** allows access to the field data of the grid's current row in different formats
	*/
	[optional] interface com::sun::star::form::XGridFieldDataSupplier;

	/** allows access to objects wrapping a single column
	*/
	interface com::sun::star::container::XIndexAccess;

	/** allows creation of an enumeration for the column objects
	*/
	interface com::sun::star::container::XEnumerationAccess;

	/** is used to switch the operating modes of the control.

		<p>Besides the normal opreration mode (which is used to display the database form's data) the control may
		for instance support a filter mode.</p>
	*/
	[optional] interface com::sun::star::util::XModeSelector;

	/** used to control the selection of rows in the grid control.

		<p>The selection used with the methods <method scope="com::sun::star::view">XSelectionSupplier::getSelection</method>
		and <method scope="com::sun::star::view">XSelectionSupplier::select</method> is a sequence of Any's.<br/>
		Here the elements of the Sequence are the bookmarks (in the <service scope="com::sun::star::sdb">RowSet</service>)
		of the (to-be-) selected rows.</p>
	*/
	[optional] interface com::sun::star::view::XSelectionSupplier;

	/** allows external components to register dispatchers for some common form actions.

		<p>A grid control can contain own UI elements for traveling within the database form it belongs to (This
		concept seems to make sense, as a grid control - in opposite to other data aware controls - displayes
		not only one record at a time, but a larger number of records of the database form.)<br/>
		With the help of this interface, external components which wish to handle such travelings themself can
		register interceptors for the actions in question.</p>

		<p>Usual URLs to use include
			<dl>
				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToFirst</dt><dd> move the cursor to the first record</dd>
				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToPrev</dt><dd> move the cursor to the previous record</dd>
				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToNext</dt><dd> move the cursor to the next record</dd>
				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToLast</dt><dd> move the cursor to the last record</dd>
				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/moveToNew</dt><dd> move the cursor to the (one and only) <em>new</em> record</dd>
				<dt>.uno:FormSlots/undoRecord</dt><dd> undo the changes done so far in the current record</dd>
			</dl>
		</p>

		<p>A concrete implementation of this service may offer more or less URLs, but if it offers some of the URLs
		above, it must stick to the meanings defined above.</p>
	*/
	[optional] interface com::sun::star::frame::XDispatchProviderInterception;
};

//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; }; }; 
 

#endif 
