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Alpha Anywhere Web App Validations � How to Expand Lookup and Fill In Fields / Javascript

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    Alpha Anywhere Web App Validations � How to Expand Lookup and Fill In Fields / Javascript

    Thanks to the experts for helping me gain clarity on the workings of my jointly developed app. While I now have a better handle on this, further evolving the functionality of the app leads to Alpha Anywhere territory unfamiliar to me.

    How to Expand Lookup and Fill In Fields or Add Javascript


    Panel 1 contains two fields and a search button.

    The search button has the following Javascript Lookup and Fill and Lookup click event shown below. This is finding the record in the warReg table matching the Customer (customer_i) and Serial Number ( serial_no_search). If found, a number of linking warrReg table fields are filled in. If not found, a message�Registration data not found in system...please re-enter...� is displayed.

    This is working, but the validation on the serial number must also allow only not previously registered serial numbers.

    If registered = .T. for a found record, a message �Serial number entered is already registered� please re-enter��must be displayed.

    If registered = .F. , the user may proceed to the next panel.

    While there are likely a number of ways to accomplish this, I have not found any discussions or videos that cover this simple situation.

    Can anyone help with this?
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    Garth Groft
    Director & Software Architect
    MicroComputer Task Group

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    Re: Alpha Anywhere Web App Validations � How to Expand Lookup and Fill In Fields / Javascript

    it looks like you're bumping into the limitations of this action js genie unless you'd choose the option to preserve data & display a message "serial n� not found or already registered"

    Alternatively you'll have to write your own ajax callback function & then you have all the freedom to code whatever you want.
    Frank

    Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand

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      Re: Alpha Anywhere Web App Validations � How to Expand Lookup and Fill In Fields / Javascript

      I am OK with as single message: "serial n� not found or already registered". I added a new variable to the form, Registered_search and set the default value to .F. and added Registered_search to the lookup. Now i get the lookup's message "Registration data not found in system or serial number already registered...please re-enter..."

      This lookup should find the serial number as it did before. Any suggestions. Is there a debug option to observe the values used by the lookup?


      New coding Required:

      If the first serial number is valid, the user may enter up to eight serial numbers total, along with some new fields on panel 2. When the user clicks the Complete Registration button on panel 3, the entered serial numbers and the new fields are inserted into a Registration table as a new record. Registered =.T. and Datereg = DATE() are also included on each new Registration record. Records in the warrReg table matching the entered serial numbers must be updated with Registered =.T. and Datereg = DATE() in the warrReg table. (Note: By "Update" I simply mean... change the value of the fields in the table.)

      Some of the necessary coding for table updating already exists. This app just needs a few tweaks to update the registered and dateReg fields But adding these tweaks is beyond my current expertise with Alpha Anywhere. I really need a mentor.
      Last edited by Garth Groft; 05-12-2015, 07:48 AM.
      Garth Groft
      Director & Software Architect
      MicroComputer Task Group

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        Re: Alpha Anywhere Web App Validations � How to Expand Lookup and Fill In Fields / Javascript

        I am OK with as single message: "serial n� not found or already registered". I added a new variable to the form, Registered_search and set the default value to .F. and added Registered_search to the lookup. Now i get the lookup's message "Registration data not found in system or serial number already registered...please re-enter..."
        What sets it to true? .T.
        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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          Re: Alpha Anywhere Web App Validations � How to Expand Lookup and Fill In Fields / Javascript

          BTW, the lookup is now working. the lookup is searching for customer_i_search (value entered), serial_no_search (value entered) and registered (default value = .F.)

          warrReg.registered needs to be set to .T. when the user clicks Complete Registration button) on panel #3.
          the following server side code below updates the Registered table. warrReg.registered is on the form (hidden) with default valuer set to .T.

          should adding code take care of Registration.registered:
          update.expr16 = "Registered"
          update.expr16 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.registerd + "'"

          I do not know where the suffix 16 comes from after update.expr. I just chose the next available number.

          '-- Update Master serial number
          tbl = table.open("warrreg")
          'Define a query so that only selected records are updated.
          'query.filter = "Serial_no = " + e.datasubmitted.serial_no + " .AND. Sales_orde = " + e.datasubmitted.Sales_orde + " .AND. Customer_i = '" + e.datasubmitted.Customer_i + "'"
          query.filter = "Serial_no = " + e.datasubmitted.serial_no + " .AND. Customer_i = '" + e.datasubmitted.Customer_i + "'"


          query.order = ""
          query.options = ""
          indx = tbl.query_create() '-- Create query.
          update.fields = 2
          update.field1 = "Dealer"
          update.expr1 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.dealer + "'"
          update.field2 = "End_Users"
          update.expr2 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.end_users + "'"
          testShipDate = "1/1/2000"
          update.field3 = "Ship_Date"
          '--update.expr3 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.ship_date + "'"
          update.expr3 = "'" + testShipDate + "'"
          update.field4 = "Vehicle_Vi"
          update.expr4 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.vehicle_vi + "'"
          update.field5 = "Install_Da"
          update.expr5 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.install_da + "'"
          update.field6 = "Comment"
          update.expr6 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.comment + "'"
          update.field7 = "Comment"
          update.expr7 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.comment + "'"
          update.field8 = "Foreign_Se"
          update.expr8 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.foreign_se + "'"
          update.field8 = "Years_Exte"
          update.expr8 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.years_exte + "'"
          update.field9 = "Warranty_N"
          update.expr9 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.warranty_n + "'"
          update.field10 = "Dates_Exte"
          update.expr10 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.dates_exte + "'"
          update.field11 = "Dateexpire"
          update.expr11 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.dateexpire + "'"
          update.field12 = "Compressor"
          update.expr12 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.compressor + "'"
          update.field13 = "Mftr_model"
          update.expr13 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.mftr_Model + "'"
          update.field14 = "Mileage"
          update.expr14 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.mileage + "'"
          update.field9 = "Mount_Kpn"
          update.expr9 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.mount_kpn + "'"
          update.field9 = "ACTSysModel"
          update.expr9 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.actsysmodel + "'"
          update.field15 = "CustCode"
          update.expr15 = "'" + e.datasubmitted.custcode + "'"


          tbl.update()
          Last edited by Garth Groft; 05-12-2015, 09:24 AM.
          Garth Groft
          Director & Software Architect
          MicroComputer Task Group

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