The
lookup property provides a mechanism to relate descriptive values to foreign key fields without needing to join tables together. In this example the
CustomerID,
EmployeeID and
ShipVia columns display descriptive text instead of the column value. The
lookup property is also used by the search and edit dialogs to allow the value to be selected using its descriptive text. The sample also demonstrates use of the
multiValueLookupSelectStyle property which can be used to change the style of multi-value selection lookups such as search lookups.
