Question

I was working on creating a light switch application and i had to create a custom screen design as given by my client.I have attached a rough design (a small part) how it should be. I tried adding a screen with out creating a table and added a few custom control but was not getting it right(could not found a image button too)..Then tried adding a database and all controls were created automatically..the search field text box was disabled since it was a primary key.How to enable it.Can some one guide me how to design a custom page in light switch or point me to some tutorials or articles.Thank you.

Answer 1

@karthi – you don’t actually need a custom screen template to have a search screen like you describe (unless you have a need to add that particular type of screen numerous times). If you watch Beth Massi’s video on creating custom search screens, you should get the idea.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lightswitch/hh499661

You’ll need to untick the “Support Search” box for the datagrid, so that you can use your own search criteria screens instead.

Hope that helps.