Update a groupSummary field value wihout refresh whole grid?

[Progytech]

Hi All,

I a parent grid with a Group Header and a couple of link grids that can drill down 2 tables, when making changes to one of the child grids will affect the values shown in a groupSummary field in the parent grid, so far the only way I found out to update the groupSummary field is by refreshing the whole grid which cause a lot of flickering, is there a method or some other manual way to update the groupSummary field value without having to refresh the whole grid?

Thanks!!!

[Progytech]

Re: Update a groupSummary field value wihout refresh whole grid?

Hi all,
With some guidance from Selwyn (thanks Selwyn) and some code I was able to update my grid Group Header totals while updating a record in a child link grid that affected those group summary totals.

Here is what I did:

1. Wrap the groupSummary.FieldNameCount fields with an id= tag to identify those fields later on.
2. I have a javascript function jsRefreshStudentGrid() that will handle the refresh of the parent grid, in this method I added an ajaxCallback to call an Xbasic function to calculate the totals.
3. In my Xbasic function xbRecalculateGroupHeaderCounters() I then run an SQL statement to grab the totals and then return an e.rtc.A_AjaxResponses to update my Element IDs using document.GetElementById
4. I call the jsRefreshStudentGrid() function from the grid afterDetailViewSubmit() and afterDetailViewDeleteRecord() events.

Here are the functions:

//Refresh the StudentGrid and update its Group Header totals
//This function will call an ajaxCallback to calculate the Group Header totals.
function jsRefreshStudentGrid()
{
    // Get the parent object which is the StudentsGrid and if
    // exist, refresh it.
    var pObj = {grid.Object}.getParentObject();
	
    if (typeof pObj=="object")
    {
        //Get the row for the parent
        var prowNum = pObj._selectedRow;
		
        //Refresh the current row for the parent
        pObj.refreshRow(prowNum);

        // Get all the values for the Search part fields and call an Ajax CallBack 
        // to calculate the Total IEP hours and minutes.
        var vStudentIsInactive = pObj.getValue('S','STUDENTISINACTIVE');

        //Getting value of 'range' fields in the Search part. You can't use .getValue(). You have to use low level Javascript.
        //so lets get the ParentGridAlias name so we can reference the date range field correctly.
        //Sample: var val1 = $('{grid.componentname}.S.STARTDATE').value;
        var pAlias = {Grid.object}.parentGridAlias;
        var vDateOfBirthStart = $(pAlias + '.S.DATEOFBIRTH').value;
        var vDateOfBirthEnd   = $(pAlias + '.S._TO.DATEOFBIRTH').value;

        //Get other search field values
        var vHomeDistrict = pObj.getValue('S','HOMEDISTRICT');
        var vFirstName = pObj.getValue('S','FIRSTNAME');
        var vLastName = pObj.getValue('S','LASTNAME');
        var vProvider1FullName = pObj.getValue('S','PROVIDER1FULLNAME');
        var vProvider2FullName = pObj.getValue('S','PROVIDER2FULLNAME');
        var vSiteName = pObj.getValue('S','SITENAME');
        var vNYCIDNumber = pObj.getValue('S','NYCIDNUMBER');

        //Prepare the ajaxCallback addional data pair values from the search part field values
        var vAdditionalData = 'vStudentIsInactive=' + vStudentIsInactive + '&vDateOfBirthStart=' + vDateOfBirthStart + '&vDateOfBirthEnd=' + vDateOfBirthEnd
        vAdditionalData = vAdditionalData + '&vHomeDistrict=' + vHomeDistrict
        vAdditionalData = vAdditionalData + '&vFirstName=' + vFirstName + '&vLastName=' + vLastName
        vAdditionalData = vAdditionalData + '&vProvider1FullName=' + vProvider1FullName + '&vProvider2FullName=' + vProvider2FullName
        vAdditionalData = vAdditionalData + '&vSiteName=' + vSiteName + '&vNYCIDNumber=' + vNYCIDNumber

        //Call the Xbasic xbRecalculateGroupHeaderCounters with an ajaxCallback
        {grid.Object}.ajaxCallback('D','1','xbRecalculateGroupHeaderCounters','', vAdditionalData);
    }
}

'-- This function is called from the js function jsRefreshStudentGrid
'   It will expect all values used in the search part to calculate the
'   Total IEP Hours and Minutes counter used in the Group Header of the StudentGrid
function xbRecalculateGroupHeaderCounters as c (e as p)
	
	dim cn as sql::Connection
	dim args as sql::Arguments	
	dim rs as SQL::ResultSet
	dim vSelect as c

	'-- Process Arguments passed from the jsRefreshStudentGrid function data pair values
	if e.vStudentIsInactive = "" then
		args.add("StudentIsInactive", 0)
	else
		args.add("StudentIsInactive", convert_type(e.vStudentIsInactive,"N"))	
	end if
	
	args.add("HomeDistrict", convert_type(e.vHomeDistrict,"N"))

	'-- If dates are blank, then set them to 1/1/1800
	if e.vDateOfBirthStart = "" .or. e.vDateOfBirthEnd = "" then
		args.add("DateOfBirthStart", convert_type("1/1/1800","D"))
		args.add("DateOfBirthEnd", convert_type("1/1/1800","D"))
	else
		args.add("DateOfBirthStart", convert_type(e.vDateOfBirthStart,"D"))
		args.add("DateOfBirthEnd", convert_type(e.vDateOfBirthEnd,"D"))
	end if
	
	args.add("FirstName", e.vFirstName)
	args.add("LastName", e.vLastName)
	args.add("Provider1FullName", e.vProvider1FullName)
	args.add("Provider2FullName", e.vProvider2FullName)
	args.add("SiteName", e.vSiteName)
	args.add("NYCIDNumber", e.vNYCIDNumber)

	'-- Create SQL to calculate the group totals using the current values
	'   in the Search Part.
	vSelect =<<%txt%
		SELECT
			 COALESCE(SUM(v.FrequencyHours), 0) AS FrequencyHours,
			 COALESCE(SUM(v.FrequencyMinutes), 0) AS FrequencyMinutes
		FROM
			 Students s
			 LEFT OUTER JOIN Providers p      ON s.FK_Providers = p.PK_Providers 
			 LEFT OUTER JOIN Providers p2     ON s.FK_Providers2 = p2.PK_Providers 
			 LEFT OUTER JOIN ClassSites cs    ON s.FK_ClassSites = cs.PK_ClassSites 
			 LEFT OUTER JOIN vIEP_Frequency v ON s.PK_Students = v.FK_Students 
		WHERE
			(s.StudentIsInactive = :StudentIsInactive OR :StudentIsInactive IS NULL) AND
			((s.DateOfBirth >= :DateOfBirthStart AND s.DateOfBirth <= :DateOfBirthEnd) OR :DateOfBirthStart = '1/1/1800') AND
			(s.HomeDistrict = :HomeDistrict OR :HomeDistrict = 0) AND
			(s.FirstName = :FirstName OR :FirstName = '') AND
			(s.LastName = :LastName OR :LastName = '') AND
			(p.cfpFullName = :Provider1FullName OR :Provider1FullName = '') AND
			(p2.cfpFullName = :Provider2FullName OR :Provider2FullName = '') AND
			(cs.SiteName = :SiteName OR :SiteName = '') AND
			(s.NYCIDNumber = :NYCIDNumber OR :NYCIDNumber = '')
	%txt%

	'-- Open the connection and calculate the group totals
	if cn.open("::name::BCI") then
		if cn.execute(vSelect,args) = .t.
			rs = cn.ResultSet
			if eval_valid("rs.data(1)") then
				dim currentIEPHoursCount as n = rs.data("FrequencyHours")
				dim currentIEPMinutesCount as n = rs.data("FrequencyMinutes")
				
				dim myjs as c =<<%js%
				document.getElementById('IEPHoursCount').innerHTML = {currentIEPHoursCount} ;
				document.getElementById('IEPMinutesCount').innerHTML = {currentIEPMinutesCount} ;
				%js%
				
				'-- Update the Group Header totals using the getElementByID IN myjs
				aa = e.rtc.A_AjaxResponses
				aa[].text = evaluate_string(myjs)
				aa[..].id = 100  'the order in which AjaxResponses are sent to the browser
			end if
		end if
		cn.close()
	end if	
end function

Hope this can help somebody else and please, if you see a better way to handle the code or any suggestion to improve any part of this code, please let me know.