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    Dynamically populating a list control from another list control

    Hi, so I am working on an app that can go online and offline using persist to local data. Long story short in order for me to be able to use a search button without doing any ajax callbacks to my server, I need two list controls. One for my sequel server to feed into, and one static list control that is being populated by the first one.
    Before you start saying "Well you can just use the 'search client side' action scripting!", you should know that I am using the search function in a button to filter my list control into 3 groups by searching in a specific field for a specific value, and the client-side search function is underwhelmingly unhelpful by simply doing a keyword search across the entire table, without giving me the option to search in a specific field.

    So I could really use some help with any ideas on how to essentially replicate a sql server based list control to a static one! I have tried making my own function using .appendrows(JSON); but I can't seem to stuff my arrays correctly into the json, so I tried it with a javascript object and that didn't seem to work either. I am fairly new to javascript so if you have any suggestions there that would also help! Thanks guys!

    Code:
    function populate_entireroutelist() {
    	var reading_pntr = {dialog.object}.getControl('READINGS');
    	var entireroute_pntr = {dialog.object}.getControl('ENTIREROUTE');
    	
    	var route_length = reading_pntr._data.length; //gets the length of the route
    	
    	var counter = 1;
    	
    	reading_pntr.setValue(0);//sets focus to the beginning
    	
    	var serviceAddress_holder;//we define our variables
    	var customerName_holder;
    	var read_unread_holder;
    	var currentReading_holder;
    	
    	var _d = {}; //here we defined our object
    	
    	var serviceAddress = [];
    	var customerName = [];
    	var read_unread = [];
    	var currentReading = [];
    	
    	for(i = 0; route_length > i; i++){ //this for loop creates the four arrays that I want to load into my object and display as variables into my static list
    		serviceAddress_holder = {dialog.object}.getValue('serviceAddress');//this loads in the data into the variables
    		customerName_holder = {dialog.object}.getValue('customerName');
    		read_unread_holder = {dialog.object}.getValue('FILLER1');
    		currentReading_holder = {dialog.object}.getValue('currentReading');
    		
    		serviceAddress[serviceAddress.length] = serviceAddress_holder;//this assigns it into the next index into the array
    		customerName[customerName.length] = customerName_holder;
    		read_unread[read_unread.length] = read_unread_holder; 
    		currentReading[currentReading.length] = currentReading_holder;
    		
    		reading_pntr.setValue(counter); //this takes us to the next record
    		counter++;	
    		}
    		
    		_d.serviceAddress = [];
    		_d.customerName = [];
    		_d.read_unread = [];
    		_d.currentReading = [];
    		
    		for(i = 0; route_length > i; i++){// this is where I stuff those arrays into my object
    		_d.serviceAddress[i] = serviceAddress[i];
    		_d.customerName[i] = customerName[i];
    		_d.read_unread[i] = read_unread[i];
    		_d.currentReading[i] = currentReading[i];
    		}
    		
    		entireroute_pntr.appendRows(_d);//this is where I finally try to append the rows onto my list control
    		entireroute_pntr.setValue(0);//set focus to first row
    		}

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    Re: Dynamically populating a list control from another list control

    are you using keyword search or just fields from the list control within the client side search function?
    NWCOPRO: Nuisance Wildlife Control Software My Application: http://www.nwcopro.com "Without forgetting, we would have no memory at all...now what was I saying?"

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      #3
      Re: Dynamically populating a list control from another list control

      Not really sure what you're trying to accomplish... but you may be making this overly complicated.

      Have a look at using the method...

      Code:
      <listObject>.setFilter(searchDefinition);
      Excellent in-line doc... and here... https://www.alphasoftware.com/docume...r%20Method.xml

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        #4
        Re: Dynamically populating a list control from another list control

        I believe in the list builder itself there is an option to convert it static data, btw
        NWCOPRO: Nuisance Wildlife Control Software My Application: http://www.nwcopro.com "Without forgetting, we would have no memory at all...now what was I saying?"

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          #5
          Re: Dynamically populating a list control from another list control

          Not sure if this is what you are looking for, perhaps some of the methods may help .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqD015PuoT0
          Alpha Anywhere v12.4.6.5.2 Build 8867-5691 IIS v10.0 on Windows Server 2019 Std in Hyper-V

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            #6
            Re: Dynamically populating a list control from another list control

            Originally posted by CharlesParker View Post
            are you using keyword search or just fields from the list control within the client side search function?
            This is what I was talking about when I said that the server side search was underwhelmingly unhelpful, because the built in action scripting doesn't allow you to select the search type, nor the column to search in!

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              #7
              Re: Dynamically populating a list control from another list control

              Originally posted by Davidk View Post
              Not really sure what you're trying to accomplish... but you may be making this overly complicated.

              Have a look at using the method...

              Code:
              <listObject>.setFilter(searchDefinition);
              Excellent in-line doc... and here... https://www.alphasoftware.com/docume...r%20Method.xml
              Thanks for the help David! You have saved me hours of work! I just used this code with a client side sort, and now I can pull up my three different groups of records without doing an ajax call back!

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