ui_get_layout_name vs object_name_normalize

[MoGrace]

Re: ui_get_layout_name vs object_name_normalize

That's also an option I forgot about. But Topparent.name(1) should suffice for this UDF

[Mike Wilson]

Re: ui_get_layout_name vs object_name_normalize

what about a_form_current?
I seems to returns the form name with or without underscores, to whatever it is in control panel.

[MoGrace]

Re: ui_get_layout_name vs object_name_normalize

Thank you Tom I didn't see that parameter for the name method.

Ted I tried the alpha help file and found it too limiting. If I get this UDF to work as I expect, it will make creating and editing the help file much easier. Adding the helpid field also allows me to link the help to to the table I use to create my XML Toolbox menu where some menu items are not form related.

[Tom Cone Jr]

Re: ui_get_layout_name vs object_name_normalize

Robin, check the help file docs on the object.name method. The optional parameter (1) may be what you're looking for.

[Ted Giles]

Re: ui_get_layout_name vs object_name_normalize

This sounds a lot more complex than using the built in help options Robin.
I usually put the help topic in the Form Properties, and the ? Button opens it.
Is it because you have so many forms and have created a UDF to handle the process?

[MoGrace]

I need to get the actual name of an open form as it appears in the control panel that also populates a field in another table for a lookup function:

Ex 1: "Knit Order" (go away Cal...I have too many of these naming conventions to change now )

With the form opened topparent.name() returns:

Ex 2: "Knit_Order"

I realize I could use object_name_normalize() to initially populate the field in the other table so that I can search for Ex 2 consistently. But I find it curious that a function like ui_get_layout_name() returns Ex 1 just as I would prefer - only I am not wanting the user interaction.

Surely there is a way to do this, since some forms I have named with the underscore, but most I have not.

What would the opposite of NOT getting the normalized name be????

Also in the table where this value is to be found, I need to open that form using this field reference and the 'real' name is what the other script uses ( eg. Form.view("Knit Order")

My application is for a help file that when referencing a form has a FORM_REF field which
A5.form_enum() populates just like Ex 1. So now when the Knit Order form is opened, my help button looks up the form_ref name and finds its help topic ID.

It sure sounded simple when I thought of it...