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    Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

    I have created a form with an event �on push� that opens another form and selects records based on a filter expression. I would also like to add options for data entry clerks to select from. For example: When the button is pushed, it will select the appropriate form and run the query I set up.

    When I added another action, �run a saved query� prompting for saved query name at run-time it worked BUT showed all saved queries. I do not want all the queries to show � is it possible to only show selected queries.

    Thanks for your help!
    Theresa
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    Re: Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

    Yes you can, not with action scripting.

    The code behind the action you created is

    topparent.RUN_SAVED_QUERY("")

    If you do some coding using

    Operation_List as C = :A5.QUERY_ENUM( 2 )

    and filter out the ones you don't want to show and then present the results to the user to select, you can then use the line

    topparent.RUN_SAVED_QUERY("selected query")

    Suppose you have your queries named such that you want the users to be able to select only those that begin with the letter z. Create a button with the code....

    Code:
    op_list = a5.Query_Enum(2)
new_list = ""
for each foo in op_list
	if left(foo.value,1) = "z" 'not case sensitive
		new_list  = new_list+ foo.value + crlf()
	end if
next
rslt = ui_get_radio2("Queries",word(new_list,1,crlf()),new_list)

topparent.RUN_SAVED_QUERY(rslt)
    Last edited by Stan Mathews; 02-12-2009, 04:14 PM.
    There can be only one.

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      #3
      Re: Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

      I'm confused. If I only wanted to show the following queries:

      MBS
      IHA
      SENRS

      How would I do this using the Operation_List - I'm thinking you would want me to create a list with only the above queries selected but I'm just not sure how to go about this.

      Thank you.

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        #4
        Re: Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

        Is it vitally important that they be named

        MBS
        IHA
        SENRS

        could they be named

        zMBS
        zIHA
        zSENRS

        ???

        If you know what queries you want to present and don't mind editing the button when you want to add/change the list

        Code:
        new_list = "MBS"+crlf()+"IHA"+crlf()+"SENRS"+crlf()
rslt = ui_get_radio2("Queries",word(new_list,1,crlf()),new_list)

topparent.RUN_SAVED_QUERY(rslt)
        Last edited by Stan Mathews; 02-12-2009, 04:38 PM.
        There can be only one.

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          #5
          Re: Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

          Another idea would be to use the prompt using radio buttons... you present the choices you want; user selects one; your script can see which was picked and can then run the query...

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            #6
            Re: Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

            Hi Stan, I used the syntax:
            new_list = "MBS"+crlf()+"IHA"+crlf()+"SENRS"+crlf()
            rslt = ui_get_radio2("Queries",word(new_list,1,crlf()),new_list)

            topparent.RUN_SAVED_QUERY(rslt)

            Everything works fine - it shows the list I want on the form I want but when I select from the list and hit OK, it does not run the search.

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              #7
              Re: Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

              Did your keep your action script to open the other form?

              You could do it this way.

              Code:
              frm = form.View("Customer Information") 'change to your actual form name
new_list = "MBS"+crlf()+"IHA"+crlf()+"SENRS"+crlf()
rslt = ui_get_radio2("Queries",word(new_list,1,crlf()),new_list)
frm.RUN_SAVED_QUERY(rslt)
              There can be only one.

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                #8
                Re: Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

                I'm just not very good with some of this stuff - I have decided to zip the file and see if you can figure out what I am doing wrong.

                In the Ambassadors Form - using the P2 button, I would like it to open the P2_form - run the **P2_To Call query. Once this is done the data entry clerk should see the P2_form and only the selected records from the **P2_To Call query. This is where I would like them to be able to run another query (selected queries - MBS, IHA, SENRS) to get the records they are responsible for. Hope this helps!

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                  #9
                  Re: Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

                  I don't have anything but v5 at home but I think this is what you want. There is a button on the p2_script form to run the further queries.
                  There can be only one.

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                    #10
                    Re: Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

                    Thanks Stan - once I click on the button (P2_Script) it pops up with a debugger script - I close this and then I get the queries to run (IHA, MBS, SENRS). Is there any way to set it up that when I push the "queries" button only the queries to run show up - not the debugger script.

                    Theresa

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                      #11
                      Re: Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

                      Didn't mean to leave that in.

                      Right click on the button, choose Events, Onpush, delete the line that says debug(1), save and close.
                      There can be only one.

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                        #12
                        Re: Show Selected Queries at Run-Time

                        I noticed that when the P2_Script is already open then the Query button will open another instance of it....so one cure would be to check for the existance of the P2_Script first and if it exists, simply activate it....unless I am missing something here....

                        Code:
                        if is_object("P2_Script") then 
    P2_Script.activate()
  else 
    form.View("P2_Script")
end if 

new_list = "MBS"+crlf()+"IHA"+crlf()+"SENRS"+crlf()
rslt = ui_get_radio2("Queries",word(new_list,1,crlf()),new_list)
P2_Script.RUN_SAVED_QUERY(rslt)
                        Mike
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