hideRepeatingSectionColumn() nt working when dialog is run fro grid

[brainwater]

I have been trying to use {dialog.Object}.hideRepeatingSectionColumn('FIELD2'); to selectively hide columns in a dialog,
If I run the dialog by itself it works as advertised, but when I call the dialog from a grid it does nothing (no errors reported by firebug)
Same result in Working Preview/Live Preview Firefox/IE

I have attached a grid and dialog to show the problem
To simplify things in the sample the repeating section fields are unbound, but that makes no difference in problem

[Davidk]

Re: hideRepeatingSectionColumn() nt working when dialog is run fro grid

It's probably a naming thing... getting the resolved name of the dialog. Best thing you can do is run your grid/dialog under Firefox with Firebug, and see what your Dialog is named in the code.

[brainwater]

Re: hideRepeatingSectionColumn() nt working when dialog is run fro grid

When run by itself the dialog resolves to DLG1_DlgObj, when run from grid it is GRID1_HIDECOLDLG_RMXG_DlgObj
I added three other dialog methods getRepeatingSectionActiveRow setRepeatingSectionActiveRow and harvestRepeatingSectionColumn('FIELD2');
The names resolved the same but all of these methods worked when dialog was called from grid, so it is just the hideColumn method that doesn't work

[Davidk]

Re: hideRepeatingSectionColumn() nt working when dialog is run fro grid

I've had a good look at this and it's seems the Alpha team is using magic to get this done. They are hiding a container that surrounds the column... but looking at the code there is no way of identifying the container... thus the magic.

Personally, I think hiding a repeating section column should still work from a Grid so maybe send a note along to the Alpha team.

Anyway... there is more than one way to skin a dialog.

In your non-repeating area, add a new textbox (probably anything you can assign a value to will work, but let's use a textbox). Call it trigShowHide. Leave it showing for now, but later you can hide this field.

In your repeating section, in the column you want to hide, go to the Client Side Properties. In the Show/Hide expression put...

trigShowHide = 0

Next, where ever you were using the dialog Method to hide the column, put this...

{dialog.Object}.setValue('TRIGSHOWHIDE',1);

Setting the dummy field trigShowHIde to 1 will hide the column... setting it to 0 will show it.

[brainwater]

Re: hideRepeatingSectionColumn() nt working when dialog is run fro grid

Thanks, that does work, sort of, but it removes the column fields, leaves the column title, when it works Alphas Function removes fields and title
I tried adding {dialog.Object}._prepareRepeatingSection('CONTAINER_1'); but that leaves the original title and places the remaining titles on top of the original
At least it is some progress
I think I'm going to submit to Alpha as a Bug

[Davidk]

Re: hideRepeatingSectionColumn() nt working when dialog is run fro grid

Sheesh... soooooooooo picky

Add this code to hide the column label...

$('{dialog.ComponentName}.V.R1.ORDNAME.RSTITLE').style.display='none';
//GRID1_DLG_DELETE_MOPQ.V.R1.ORDNAME.RSTITLE

The ID that is commented out is my full element ID... so go get yours and you'll then know where to put the {dialog.ComponentName}.

To turn the heading back on again it's .style.display='block';

I figured this would just be a temp measure until you hear from Alpha.

[brainwater]

Re: hideRepeatingSectionColumn() nt working when dialog is run fro grid

Thanks for the help, that worked to hide the col label, there was a minor appearance issue in hiding the column, I am hiding/showing several columns and when the column is hidden, the trailing horizontal spacer is not hidden and that space can add up (another one of those pesky un-named divs), while I wait on Alpha to fix the original problem I reduced the size of the space to make it look better. The only other thing I had to play with was exactly where to put the code, if placed before the repeating section is populated the header sometimes gets out of wack and some titles overwrite each other, but I solved that, and it is working well now, Thanks again.