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    Tabbed ui control variable components

    Good Day All

    I'm in the early stages of a design for a corporate client. They require a web application to deploy on their intranet. They have specified that although they will use a central database some of the components and reports differ between departments. Most components of the web client will be common to all departments.

    I'm considering creating a table in the sql database which will contain the department names and details of the components that are unique to that department. Then running JavaScript to get the name from the table and load the appropriate component. However I'm not sure how to write the script and how to implement this in the Tabbed UA Control.

    The alternative is to create a web application for each department, maintaining all the web apps will be a challenge though.

    I really will appreciate suggestions and advice how to do this.

    Best Regards
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    Re: Tabbed ui control variable components

    Why not assign each department a security group and use that as who gets to see which form?

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      #3
      Re: Tabbed ui control variable components

      or use session variables from the employee/department records to show/hide buttons that call reports/components.

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        Re: Tabbed ui control variable components

        Good day Lance and Chris.

        Thanks for your response.

        I originally developed this application for the client using MS Access and SQL a number of years ago. They are extremely happy with the old app but now want to take it on-line. Access of course cannot do this without going the Remote-Desktop route.

        I understand the suggestion to hide/unhide buttons or to use the security group facility.

        To further illustrate my challenge:
        A department stocks different types of batteries. The stock list is shown using a grid which lists all the batteries in stock as each battery has a serial number and is listed individually. The detail view is a pop-up UX. the different battery types (eg. Lithium-ion, Nickel Cadmium, Nickel-Metal Hydride, Lead-Acid) have totally different details. When the user clicks the link on the grid the UX that opens must be specific to that type of battery. The various types of batteries are not fixed as newer technology is acquired. To create links on the grid for each type of battery is therefore not an option. Neither will the use to hide/unhide controls be effective.

        In MS Access one would just use a procedure in VBA to lookup the name of the appropriate form in a data table and insert that name in the OpenForm code.

        I am trying to use the same function in the script that runs when the user clicks on the link.

        Best Regards
        Andrew

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          Re: Tabbed ui control variable components

          I'm working on something that sounds similar but probably less variable than your scenario, so apologies if this doesn't apply. I have a UX where the data entry requires that I select a product type, and the UX data bindings then includes data from that product type. The product type definitions are defined in a separate table, so on the UX there's a number of fields that are shown or hidden based on the product type.

          I'm fairly sure you could build this with JSON and populate a UX as well, but that's not something I'm as well-versed in.

          Or are you just displaying this data or does it need to be editable? You could also write a script that produces an HTML string and then display that.

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            Re: Tabbed ui control variable components

            Hi Chris. Thank you for the suggestion.
            I am trying to design the application like I would if I was using MS Access or VB6 in a desktop environment. I am not proficient in JavaScript or HTML which is why I am exploring Alpha.
            I think this old dog needs to learn new tricks!

            Best Regards

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              Re: Tabbed ui control variable components

              Hi, as Chris said you need a dynamic structure.

              Table of Product_Type
              Table of Product_Type_Definition

              The definition table stores the product_type_id, field_name, field_type, and possibly a default field_value

              Explore creating a query/view on the database side that can be read which contains the name of the product type and the definition.

              When the user wants to add a new item of a particular type then you read that query/view and use that to populate a list control (there is a lot of info on here about populating a list control with data)

              The list control would be linked to a product_detail table which has the same structure as the definition table for the most part (something like product_id, field_name, field_type, field_value.

              Use a Form View control to determine which control to show based on field_type.

              What you are asking isn't easy but has been done many times using Alpha Anywhere. If you need something built for you, my firm or another one here can help you.

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