Displaying a Single Record
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In many applications, you may only want to provide information about a single record of data at a time. For example, an order-entry application may display the information about a single order without indicating what other orders are currently logged. This information probably comes from a single record in an orders dataset.
Applications that display a single record are usually easy to read and understand because all database information is about the same thing (in the previous case, the same order). The data-aware controls in these user interfaces represent a single field from a database record. The Data Controls page of the Tool palette provides a wide selection of controls to represent different kinds of fields. For more information about specific data-aware controls, see Using Data Controls chapter of the Delphi Developer’s Guide.