AppearanceController Methods

A ViewController descendant that applies conditional appearance rules to specified UI elements.

Name	Description
AppearanceBeginUpdate()	Prevents the AppearanceController from being updated until the AppearanceController.AppearanceEndUpdate method is called.
AppearanceEndUpdate()	Unlocks the AppearanceController after a call to the AppearanceController.AppearanceBeginUpdate method and resets the rules cache.
Clone(IModelApplication)	Clones a Controller. Inherited from Controller.
Create(Type) static	Instantiates a Controller object of the specified type and raises it’s Controller.AfterConstruction event. Inherited from Controller.
CreateObjRef(Type)	Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
CustomizeTypesInfo(ITypesInfo)	Customizes business class metadata before loading it to the Application Model‘s BOModel node. Inherited from Controller.
Dispose()	Releases all resources used by the Component. Inherited from Component.
Equals(Object, Object) static	Determines whether the specified object instances are considered equal. Inherited from Object.
Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. Inherited from Object.
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. Inherited from Object.
GetLifetimeService()	Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
GetRulesFromModel(IModelClass) static	Returns the list of appearance rules declared in the specified IModelClass node.
GetService(Type) protected	Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. Inherited from Component.
GetType()	Gets the Type of the current instance. Inherited from Object.
InitializeLifetimeService()	Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
MemberwiseClone() protected	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. Inherited from Object.
MemberwiseClone(Boolean) protected	Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.
ReferenceEquals(Object, Object) static	Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. Inherited from Object.
Refresh()	Refreshes the conditional appearance provided by the Controllers registered in the Appearance Controller.
RefreshItemAppearance(IViewInfo, String, String, Object, Object, EvaluatorContextDescriptor)	Collects and applies the conditional appearance rules appropriate for the specified UI element with a context descriptor specified.
RefreshItemAppearance(IViewInfo, String, String, Object, Object[], EvaluatorContextDescriptor)	Collects and applies the conditional appearance rules appropriate for the specified UI element with a context descriptor specified.
RefreshItemAppearance(View, String, String, Object, Object, EvaluatorContextDescriptor)	Obsolete. Collects and applies the conditional appearance rules appropriate for the specified UI element with a context descriptor specified.
RefreshItemAppearance(View, String, String, Object, Object)	Collects and applies the conditional appearance rules appropriate for the specified UI element.
RefreshItemAppearance(View, String, String, Object, Object[], EvaluatorContextDescriptor)	Obsolete. Collects and applies the conditional appearance rules appropriate for the specified UI element with a context descriptor specified.
RegisterController(ISupportRefreshItemsAppearance)	Registers a Controller to refresh the conditional appearance of its UI elements in common scenarios.
ResetRulesCache()	Resets the cache of the rules collected by the Appearance Controller at the current moment.
SetView(View)	Sets a specified View for a View Controller. Inherited from ViewController.
ToString()	Returns a String containing the name of the Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. Inherited from Component.
UnRegisterController(ISupportRefreshItemsAppearance)	Removes a Controller from the list of registered Controllers.