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hi ..

i have table called master consists of field studid and i have written 3 display methods

another table is called marks where sub1 sub2 sub3 are the fields

in form..i have added master as datasource

in design->grid->3 real edits created for sub1 sub2 sub3 respectively..

under each field propery i have called those display method.

is there any other way there to go with the only one display method for all these fields than 3 separate display methods..

like can we use switch case with the field id ??

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Sohaib Cheema 49,679 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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yes there are several ways you can adopt.

first thing in such situation don't use display methods, unless really required. this is for performance reasons. create relationship between your master table and child table and then display records of child table along with master record in a child grid.

another approach can be creating relationship between two tables based on recid and making use of reference group. using reference group you can drag all three fields once.

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what about if you join your marks table as child datasource on form provided that you should have relation between these two tables. try once please

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hi sohaib..

my thing is ...if m in situation ...can i use the single display method for all these 3 fields?

than using 3 display methods..

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Sohaib Cheema 49,679 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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the short answer to your question is NO.

if because of some reasons you are interested to use single display method you may concatenate your results into a common string, given below pseudo code.

public display returnType methodName()

{

;

Return Part1+Part2+Part3;

}

To concatenate numbers as string you can use Num2Str

again, we don't know what makes you use display methods, as a must so I will keep my previously given suggestions away, unless you want to provide some more details of your business process and limitations that are forcing you for display methods.

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