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    Change Grid based on Tabbed UI button selection

    Hi All.

    I'm hoping someone has tried to do something like this before. I'm open to other options as well, but this is the way I assumed would work best.

    I have a single sql query that populates a grid with project information and a where clause with a variable for 'status'. I want to create two buttons in the tabbed UI that will show the user status 'Pending' projects if they click the first button or status 'WIP' projects if they click the second button. I'm thinking there are two ways to do this, one is to run query that takes an argument for the status and then have that value change from PEND or WIP depending on a button the click on the tabbed UI . Since I'm using a Tabbed UI I thought it would be better to try to work with session variables rather than page variables to change the argument in my grid. The reason I'm not just using two queries is that this will be easier to maintain and there may be a need for similar functionality on other screens and I don't want the number of queries to get out of hand.

    I also thought another way would be to remove the status filter from the sql query and then setup a filter in the grid with a default selection and some radio buttons or something like that to change the status type. The thing is we also do not want to show every status type just Pending and Work in progress, so I need a way to specify just those values.

    Any ideas? Thanks!
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    Re: Change Grid based on Tabbed UI button selection

    You could just put a search that will filter by "ALL" "WIP" "PEND" or whatever. You could even do something like "WIP & PEND" or a checkbox that will filter whatever combo you want.

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      Re: Change Grid based on Tabbed UI button selection

      go to my application at https://www.nwcopro.com
      login: [email protected]
      PW: qazwsx

      Desktop version and then the Jobs List button (left menu)
      There is a way to sort the jobs by active status and group name, which can be helpful - maybe just what your looking for.

      This was all done with Alpha's stock choices in grid setup - very little hand coding at all in this grid!
      All I really do to personalize it was add some icons and of course the session variable that only shows "your company records" vs mine were I to log in as another user.

      Is that sort of what your looking at doing?
      if so the search function to find active jobs vs not active jobs (Yes or No) is setup in the properties of the grids Quick Search, by checking quick search and selecting a field. and the control type as drop down box where I setup simple choices.

      The choose by tech or job group is a free form layout in the search properties, you just add the fields to the search section and go into the free-form search template, the controls are drop downs so that makes viewing the grid extremely versatile.

      Hope that helps!
      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: Change Grid based on Tabbed UI button selection

        Hey Ivasic. I think that could work, but I'm not sure where those options are. I attached a screen shot of the screen where I've been working with searches. I added a list based search but after talking with my team i might just do a dynamic search allowing the user to select on any of the statuses that apply to those particular projects.

        SearchGrid.png

        Hi Charles,
        I really liked your application, I didn't realize you could do that much with AA and that is what I was trying to do. I ended up doing a drop down and adding PEND AND WIPR to the list of options which looks like what you may have done with Yes and No for active status(I didn't see anything that said Quick Search). I think filters might be better than adding buttons to the UI and making it unnecessarily busy.

        Thanks for your help!

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          Re: Change Grid based on Tabbed UI button selection

          you should be able to do.
          create a grid that you like with a single query and test it and it works good as you want it.
          now in the tabbed ui place a button and call that grid. now fill in all the info needed ( make sure you give unique name to differentiate) and look on the right hand side on the properties of the grid. select base filter and click on the dots to open up a pop up and select filter and select base filter and fill in what needs to be filtered.
          repeat for the next button.
          you should be good to go.
          thanks for reading

          gandhi

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            Re: Change Grid based on Tabbed UI button selection

            Joseph,
            thanks! If your looking for the Quick Search properties, first of all the grid must have a search section, then it will be in the "search section" properties, not grid or detail view properties. You will need a field or fields selected for search to use as I did. Also as far as the capabilities of Alpha go believe me I am shining star as to how far a NOVICE can get. I admittedly cannot write code! The way I see it, I don't need to know how to build a car to drive one or fix it. Give me the tools and I will eventually figure it out! Alpha does a great job of giving me a turbo-vette!
            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: Change Grid based on Tabbed UI button selection

              GGhandi, thanks for that tip! I didn't think the grid filter settings would be in the Tabbed UI properties. I was able to get the buttons setup exactly like I thought using this method. Thanks!

              Thanks Ivasic and CharlesParker as well, there are definitely a lot of ways to skin a cat with alpha and I may use those options in the future.

              I also haven't had to do much coding either on this project other than some sql statements and setting up session variables, it's pretty impressive.

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