Can you perform "getValue" function on Quick Search field?

[gkpurcey]

I have a grid in which I have enabled the "Quick Search" feature.

This enables me to quickly filter the grid based on a single field, which works well.

However, when I add a new record, I want to pre-populate that same field with the value currently in the Quick Search field.

For example, my grid has a SYSTYPE field and an EQUIP TYPE field.
If I do a quick search for a SYSTYPE of "Electric", the grid shows only the records with Electric in that field. which is what I want.
When I go to add a new record, I want the new record's SYSTYPE field to be preset to "Electric".
I am trying to use the following code in the "AfterDetailViewNewRecord" to preset the field:

var stype = {grid.Object}._getValue('S','SYSTYPE');
{grid.object}.setValue('D','SYSTYPE',stype);

However this does not seem to work, as I haven't actually enabled the full Search Part of the grid.

Is there a way for me to get the value from the search field of a Quick Search?

I should also point out that if I use a static value in the above code( i.e set stype='Electric') it works as I want it to.

Gordon

[TheSmitchell]

Re: Can you perform "getValue" function on Quick Search field?

Yes. But you have to use $gvs:

var getQuickSearchValue = function ()
{
    var val = $gvs('{grid.componentName}.QUICKSEARCH');
    return val;
}

I found this using FireBug to look at the quick search's "Search" button to see how Alpha does it. This is what the onclick event looks like:

onclick="GRID1_GridObj.quickSearch($gvs('GRID1.QUICKSEARCH')); return false;"

Good luck.

[gkpurcey]

Re: Can you perform "getValue" function on Quick Search field?

Thanks very much. That works exactly as I need it to.

So in the "AfterDetailViewNewRecord" to preset the field, I now do:

var val = $gvs('{grid.componentName}.QUICKSEARCH');
{grid.object}.setValue('D','SYSTYPE',val);

This places the value of the Quicksearch field into the corresponding new record field.

Gordon

[frankbicknell]

Re: Can you perform "getValue" function on Quick Search field?

I found this using FireBug to look at the quick search's "Search" button to see how Alpha does it. This is what the onclick event looks like:

onclick="GRID1_GridObj.quickSearch($gvs('GRID1.QUICKSEARCH')); return false;"

Good luck.

Sarah,

Would you so kind as to give me a quick lesson on how you found that specific onclick event? I am still learning all of the ins and outs of firebug.

[TheSmitchell]

Re: Can you perform "getValue" function on Quick Search field?

Sarah,

Would you so kind as to give me a quick lesson on how you found that specific onclick event? I am still learning all of the ins and outs of firebug.

I used FireBug's Inspector tool:
inspector1.png

Using this tool, you can click on elements in the web page and it will highlight their HTML for you:
inspector2.png

Since Alpha embeds the logic for handling the Quicksearch inside the Search button, it took me all of a few seconds to find this information.

IF that Search button didn't have all the logic right there in a handy onclick attribute, I would have gone about solving this as follows:

First, I would use FireBug's inspector to find the ID for the search box:

inspector8.png

Quicksearch's text box ID is "CUST_HIDES_142854.QUICKSEARCH". I know that {grid.componentName} is being used here, but I'm not 100% sure what part of the Quicksearch's text box is the {grid.componentName}. This can be resolved by looking at one of the grid fields:

inspector7.png

The grid fields are of the format {grid.componentName}.V.R#.FIELD_NAME. In the image above, I see that the ID for the field containing "Randi" is "CUST_HIDES_142854.V.R2.FIRSTNAME". The common denominator between my Quicksearch field and my grid field is "CUST_HIDES_142854". So, I know that I must replace that portion of the id with {grid.componentName}:

// Gets the quicksearch text box element from the document
var quicksearchField = $('{grid.componentName}.QUICKSEARCH');

A search of Alpha's wiki for JS functions would lead you to $gvs: http://wiki.alphasoftware.com/~alpha...+in+Version+10

var value = $gvs('{grid.componentName}.QUICKSEARCH');

Or, a search on Stack Overflow might lead you to this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1...-in-javascript

// $ is an Alpha shorthand for document.getElementById()
var value = $('{grid.componentName}.QUICKSEARCH').value;

But don't just go and assume these functions will work. Use the console window to test out the functions:

inspector9.png

The only things you really can't test are whether or not you got the {grid.componentName} or {grid.object} parts right in the final JavaScript. It falls to trial & error in Alpha to resolve those issues.

[frankbicknell]

Re: Can you perform "getValue" function on Quick Search field?

Thank you Sarah.