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    Hide child grid' search part.

    This grid is used in 2 locations: by itself w. the search part and as a child of a row expander. I want to completely hide the search part so that it is inaccessible - as in gone, when opened by the row expander.

    eh?
    Peter
    AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

    [email protected]
    https://www.alphabasesolutions.com



    #2
    Re: Hide child grid' search part.

    Would it be easier to just have 2 grids?
    Win 10 64 Development, Win 7 64 WAS 11-1, 2, Win 10 64 AA-1,2, MySql, dbForge Studio The Best MySQL GUI Tool IMHO. http://www.devart.com/dbforge/mysql/studio/

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      #3
      Re: Hide child grid' search part.

      Originally posted by frankbicknell View Post
      Would it be easier to just have 2 grids?
      No doubt. That's the default position. Just thought I might be able to cut back on the grid clutter. I have a feeling that this is easy to do, but I don't have time to investigate at the moment.
      Peter
      AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

      [email protected]
      https://www.alphabasesolutions.com


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        #4
        Re: Hide child grid' search part.

        Using the naming conventions you devised I have very little grid 'clutter'.
        Win 10 64 Development, Win 7 64 WAS 11-1, 2, Win 10 64 AA-1,2, MySql, dbForge Studio The Best MySQL GUI Tool IMHO. http://www.devart.com/dbforge/mysql/studio/

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          #5
          Re: Hide child grid' search part.

          I agree with you, Peter. I have made duplicates of my grids many times now so that one has a search part and one does not. When a grid is called by another grid based on a filter, I don't want users to start trying to search for something they think should be there when it won't because of the filter that opened it. Would be wonderful if when we use the inline javascript to open a grid component, we could have an option to hide the search part. I'm getting a lot of the grid clutter that way, too.
          Carol King
          Developer of Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS)
          http://www.CHSBuilderSoftware.com

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            #6
            Re: Hide child grid' search part.

            This is not the whole answer because it does not deal with the search title but maybe someone more experienced can enhance / deal with other scenarios

            I have put the following code in the OnGridIntialiseComplete of a grid that has a search part

            Code:
            var me = {Grid.object}.gridId;
            var myparent = {Grid.object}.parentGridAlias;
            
            if (myparent =='') {
            	//alert('no parent');
            	$(me+'.SEARCH_PART.FORM').style.display='';
            }
            else {
            	//alert('has parent')
            	$(me+'.SEARCH_PART.FORM').style.display='none';
            	
            }

            If the grid is used in a standard way then the search part will appear but if the grid is a child of another grid e.g. in a row expander then it should not show (but have not dealt with search title part)

            I got the idea for this approach from the M41 videos.

            Hope it helps.

            Note: Alert parts can be discarded.

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              #7
              Re: Hide child grid' search part.

              Update to deal with Search Title

              Put this code instead of the code mentioned in the previous post

              Code:
              var me = {Grid.object}.gridId;
              var myparent = {Grid.object}.parentGridAlias;
              
              if (myparent =='') {
              	// no parent
              	$('SearchTitle').innerHTML="Search ";
              	$(me+'.SEARCH_PART.FORM').style.display='';
              }
              else {
              	// 'has parent
              	$('SearchTitle').innerHTML="";
              	$(me+'.SEARCH_PART.FORM').style.display='none';
              	
              }

              and add a DIV in Search Options, Title called SearchTitle as shown on the attached
              Attached Files

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                #8
                Re: Hide child grid' search part.

                I am finally getting around to trying David's code and it works, but my problem is that my grid will always be opened by some parent because all grids are opened from a Main Menu grid. I'd like the grid to open with the search part showing when opened from the "main menu", but when it is called from some other grid, it will be filtered, and I don't want the search part to show. So.... I'm thinking that I need to identify the parentGridAlias for the main menu grid. I can see that Alpha is using an alias of Grid1 for it, but I think Alpha might use that for everything. So, I don't think I can put something like:
                Code:
                if myparent == 'Grid1'
                because other parent grids might have that same name.
                I'm probably being lazy, but can't seem to find how I give the main menu grid a unique alias.
                Any ideas?
                Carol King
                Developer of Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS)
                http://www.CHSBuilderSoftware.com

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                  #9
                  Re: Hide child grid' search part.

                  Well, never mind. Once I published everything and tried it, my temporary alert to tell me the grid alias name showed me an alias name of _1MENUBUTT (grid's real name is 1MenuButtons). I had previously been trying it in LivePreview and it was an alias name Grid1 in the alert. So, I've changed the first If statement in David's code to the following and it's working. I'm hoping Alpha doesn't get random with the alias name.

                  if (myparent =='_1MENUBUTT') {
                  Carol King
                  Developer of Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS)
                  http://www.CHSBuilderSoftware.com

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                    #10
                    Re: Hide child grid' search part.

                    I think the simple solution to this problem is to use the override component settings, available from the the define linked content dialog. At first this is grayed out, so you have to click the checkbox next to it. Then in the override properties dialog that pops up enter the following:

                    Code:
                    search.has_search_component = .f.
                    
                    flagMustRecalculateAllProperties =.t.
                    There are a lot of things you can do with this, have a look at the existing properties tab. I use it to hide certain columns in some grids.

                    Hope this helps.

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                      #11
                      Re: Hide child grid' search part.

                      Peter, Lance is right.

                      See also thread http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...935#post607935

                      One can almost overide everything (gridparts, slq query / base / userfilters / show hide collums.... )
                      Yesterday we even used it to change the type of a control (label in stead of link, to disable onclick event of a control in grid that is used as standard list but also as lookup grid)

                      It will bring back my number of grids with at least 50%.

                      There is one drawback when using it for show/hide collums. If you add / remove controls to a grid you may have to redo override settings at every place used: collums are referenced by position in override settings and not by control-id. Nevertheless this is for me better than maintaining multiple almost identical grids
                      Ger Kurvers
                      Alpha Anywhere / V4.6.1.9- Build 6488 (production) / V4.6.5.1 - 8722-5683(testing)
                      Development: Mysql, windows 10 64 Applicationserver: standard on Windows server 2019

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                        #12
                        Re: Hide child grid' search part.

                        Lance, THANK YOU. Using the Override Settings is SO logical, and I have just been completely ignoring it. Works beautifully.
                        Carol King
                        Developer of Custom Homebuilders' Solutions (CHS)
                        http://www.CHSBuilderSoftware.com

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