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#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_component_DatabaseFormattedField_idl__ 
#define __com_sun_star_form_component_DatabaseFormattedField_idl__ 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_component_FormattedField_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/form/component/FormattedField.idl> 
#endif 
 
#ifndef __com_sun_star_form_DataAwareControlModel_idl__ 
#include <com/sun/star/form/DataAwareControlModel.idl> 
#endif 
 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
 module com {  module sun {  module star {  module form {  module component {  
 
//============================================================================= 
 
/** This service specifies a formatted field model which is data-aware, and can be bound to a database field.
 */
published service DatabaseFormattedField
{ 
    service com::sun::star::form::component::FormattedField; 
    
    service com::sun::star::form::DataAwareControlModel; 
 
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     
    /** determines if an empty text should be treated as a <NULL/> value.

        <p>When the user enters text into a formatted field control, and after this, the control
        content is to be committed into the database field the control is bound to,
        a decision must be made how to deal with empty strings.<br/>
        This is controlled by <member>ConvertEmptyToNull</member>.</p>

        <p>If the property is set to <TRUE/>, and an empty text is to be commited, this is
        converted into <NULL/>, else it is written as empty string.</p>
     */
    [property] boolean ConvertEmptyToNull; 
 
}; 
 
//============================================================================= 
 
}; }; }; }; };  
 
#endif 
