Is there a way to delete the text in a DXL layout column?

Question

I basically just want to delete the text in the layout column and add new text. I know it's easy for existing columns (it would just be something like obj."Attribute 1" = "") but I'm having trouble referencing the DXL layout column and getting it to delete it. Here's a couple things I've tried with no luck:

Column disp = currentColumn
// filter through objects
void obj."disp"

display ""

null display

Answer 1

Right-click on the column header and open Properties -> Layout DXL -> Browse -> Current and delete all code. Click OK. You will get blank layout dxl column. Is that what you want?

Answer 2

The essence of a DXL layout column is that its value is calculated. And it's being recalculated quite often. The only way to influence the content of a DXL layout column is to edit the calculating code, the displayed value cannot be changed "from the outside".

I.e. right-click on the column header and open Properties -> Layout DXL -> Browse -> Current, and edit the code as you want it to be have, depending on your requirements, perhaps like this:

int absNum = obj."Absolute Number"

string s = "Hello " absNum "!"
if (absNum == 1 ) {
   s = null
}
display s