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For example, a datetime dataprovider can be shown and edited in a calendar UI element.
With a UI converter you can use any dataprovider type in any UI element.
The UI converter is configured at element level in the form editor.
It is edited as part of the format property of an element.
The format property editor allows configuration of the UI converter (mark the checkbox and select one of the available converters).
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Servoy delivers one built-in UI converter, the GlobalMethodConverter, which can also be used as database value converter.
The GlobalMethodConverter has 3 properties:
Example of configuring a UI converter for a form element using the GlobalMethodConverter:
A UI converter can be contributed by a java plugin.
To do this, the plugin must implement interface IUIConverterProvider to produce IUIConverter instances in the getUIConverters() method, see http://www.servoy.com/docs/public-api/70x/com/servoy/j2db/plugins/IUIConverterProvider.html.
A IUIConverter converter has 3 methods, similar to the GlobalMethodConverter:
UI converters are currently not supported by the solution model.