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    Help-- Filtering List in UX

    All: I am new to Alpha Anywhere and while I love the power of the tool, I have to admit that I'm getting very frustrated with it! This week alone, I have been through roughly 480 threads on the forum and watched many videos, but I still cannot find how to do something with initializing list component on a UX. I realize that this is probably very easy to do, but I am struggling here.

    I am building a library look-up mobile application which contains two panels: the first contains search criteria (search value, search type, item class, and item type and a search button) and the second panel contains the search results which is only displayed once the end-user enters search criteria clicks the search button on the first panel. The "search" button works well with all of the search criteria being correctly processed and returning the correct records on the search results panel.

    Unfortunately, my problem is that the list obtains all records in SQL statement (which is not filtered) when the UX is initially rendered (and with over 100K records, it is taking a while for the UX to display). It doesn't make sense to have the SQL statement execute until the end-user enters search criteria and clicks the search button.

    Everything that I've read pertaining to the list control starts out with a pre-populated list which is then furthered filtered based on end-user provided search critiera. Can anyone please provide direction to this me on how to make the list behave dormant until the end-user clicks the "search" button in the UX?

    Any assistance you can provide to me is greatly appreciated!
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    Re: Help-- Filtering List in UX

    Hi David,

    Welcome.

    There is a lot of stuff in Alpha Anywhere... and what you're looking for is most likely not far from reach. So keep asking.

    Your List control contains 2 properties that will be helpful in this case. These are found in the List Properties Tab of the List control.

    Delay render till visible
    Delay render till explicit refresh

    You're probably going to need Delay render till visibile.

    The List will not be rendered until the panel card it's in is brought into view. Then it will fire.

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      Re: Help-- Filtering List in UX

      Originally posted by Davidk View Post
      Hi David,

      Welcome.

      There is a lot of stuff in Alpha Anywhere... and what you're looking for is most likely not far from reach. So keep asking.

      Your List control contains 2 properties that will be helpful in this case. These are found in the List Properties Tab of the List control.

      Delay render till visible
      Delay render till explicit refresh

      You're probably going to need Delay render till visibile.

      The List will not be rendered until the panel card it's in is brought into view. Then it will fire.
      David: THANK YOU for the quick response and for pointing me in the right direction with the list properties. The "Delay render till explicit refresh" property is exactly what I needed to delay the SQL from triggering until the end-user entered the search criteria! It works beautifully now. I'll be glad when I'm more up to speed with Alpha Anywhere. Thanks again for your assistance.

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