What is a property and a control in Pega 7.2?

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I want to know the difference between controls and properties in PEGA 7.2.

do you have knowledge on c or c++ or java? if you have i will take example and explain. — RaMeSh, Jun 22 '16 at 10:48

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '16 at 07:48

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Property is like a variable in Java - https://pdn.pega.com/sites/pdn.pega.com/files/help_v72/procomhelpmain.htm#rule-/rule-obj-/rule-obj-property/main.htm?Highlight=properties

Controls are used in pega to define how properties appear on UI - https://pdn.pega.com/sites/pdn.pega.com/files/help_v72/procomhelpmain.htm#rule-/rule-html-/rule-html-property/main.htm

PDN is best source for all pega related definitions

answered Aug 30 '16 at 07:48

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I like this answer. concise and with links to the official documentation. It could be improve by means of some formatting, but overall good answer! – Julian Borrero Aug 10 '17 at 21:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 30 '16 at 14:26

Property is a Data field in general. You can imagine a variable in C or Java. That can be primitive type or complex type. In Pega, property type may be Single or Page, Page List, Object...etc.

Control is a UI component like textbox, button, checkbox, link...etc.

A property can be associated with a control to display in certain format on a user screen.

I would define a property 'CustomerName' and my control to read Customer name is 'TextBox'.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 14 '17 at 17:11

A property stores some value. It is like a box.

Control is a user interface element, which helps your system to get a value from or show it to a customer.

Always, properties and control are used together. For example, a user fulfills a UI control with theirs name. And the name is assigned to some property.

What is a property and a control in Pega 7.2?

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