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List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

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    List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

    This is version 2 of inline editing in a list control. I got this idea from DavidK and used some of his code.
    https://www.screencast.com/t/k0dV02IWdO

    #2
    Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

    Once again - Kudos!

    Would love the code when you're ready.

    Thanks

    Darren

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      #3
      Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

      Nicely done. I feel this is much more natural to the List Control, it will follow the rules of the List Control, it's responsive, no extra controls, and generally just less cluttered. It's simple and elegant... and that's the goal.

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        #4
        Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

        What I like about this - is it's mobilized, very well done, you are ahead of the AA team on this kind of thing. Well done, a copy would help me get my changes done as well, also I may see you early in the new year, was going to be back in October this year but there's no DEVCON this year so it will have to be 2020. Again - good job Lee.
        Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
        Albert Einstein, (attributed)
        US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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          #5
          Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

          That is amazing work Lee, very well done, can I have a copy of the code when debugged please

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            #6
            Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

            Originally posted by Davidk View Post
            Nicely done. I feel this is much more natural to the List Control, it will follow the rules of the List Control, it's responsive, no extra controls, and generally just less cluttered. It's simple and elegant... and that's the goal.
            But I assume that components generated source code (Alphas) is still about same. It is simple and elegant just in the video.

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              #7
              Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

              Awesome Lee! Would definitely love a copy of your debugged version. Thanks for sharing.
              Alpha Anywhere v12.4.6.5.2 Build 8867-5691 IIS v10.0 on Windows Server 2019 Std in Hyper-V

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                #8
                Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

                Lee,
                You and David should get "free for life" copies of Alpha and a free puppy! This is more than slick..it's a lot more valuable than much of what is in the recent updates!
                I have a use for this in the component I'm currently working on.
                Richard, take note.
                Pat Bremkamp
                MindKicks Consulting

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                  #9
                  Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

                  This is great Lee and David. Would be nice if it worked like that out of the box. Alpha Software should incorporate it - sell it to them Lee!

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                    #10
                    Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

                    Excellent work. Must try and add that in with our own version of directly editing a list control.

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                      #11
                      Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

                      Lee,
                      Fantastic! Now how about doing the sync automatically to the server after a specified amount of time. I find that part really tricky and I still haven't got it 100% working. Values in my LIST sometimes get rewritten with the original values from the server.

                      P.S. In your app, will you need to handle the possibility of multiple instances this component running in the browser, which would cause control ID clashes and global function name clashes?

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                        #12
                        Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

                        Here is the code for the 3 code hooks: Also, part 2 of the video to show the problem I was having and how I resolved it:
                        Video: https://www.screencast.com/t/6dOttv3nb2X
                        Javascript Function
                        function updNames() {
                        var vrn = {dialog.Object}.getValue('list::StaffList::SysID');
                        var listObj = {dialog.object}.getControl('StaffList');
                        var fn = $('FNID_'+vrn).value;
                        var ln = $('LNID_'+vrn).value;
                        var data = {FirstName:fn,LastName:ln};
                        listObj.updateTableRow(vrn,data);
                        $('FNID_'+vrn).value = fn;
                        $('LNID_'+vrn).value = ln;
                        }
                        ListControl/Fields/XB Custom Control Code:
                        function LName_render as c (ds as p, tmpl as p)
                        on error goto LName_xbasicError

                        rn = ds.data("SysID")
                        vln = ds.data("LastName")
                        nvln = stritran_multi(vln," "," ")

                        LName_render = "<input style='border:none; background: transparent;font-size:11px; text-align:left;' size='12' type='text' name='lname' id='LNID_" +rn+ "' onchange = 'updNames();' value= " + nvln + ">"

                        end
                        LName_xbasicError:
                        LName_render = "Error in custom control xbasic: " + error_text_get()
                        end function
                        You also need to update the sync button with this code:
                        function tempfunction_ca3bc423_91b4_468b_b6ee_6de8603ac9da() {
                        {dialog.object}.saveListEdits('STAFFLIST',{rows: 'allRows', ajax: { timeOut: 15000, onAjaxFail: function() { } , onDeviceOffline: function() { } } });
                        }
                        function tempfunction_144d8660_bd59_4bd1_ad34_51cbeca5ad62() {
                        {dialog.object}.refreshListData('STAFFLIST');
                        }
                        A5.executeThisThenThat(tempfunction_ca3bc423_91b4_468b_b6ee_6de8603ac9da,tempfunction_144d8660_bd59_4bd1_ad34_51cbeca5ad62);
                        Last edited by lvasic; 08-13-2019, 12:50 PM.

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                          #13
                          Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

                          In the *_render functions, try:

                          nvln = *HTML_ESCAPE(vln, "B") '-- check documentation for more parameter options.

                          ... instead of the stritran_multi. There might be other characters that would mess things up.

                          But, the related function "HTMLENCODE( str, flag)" does not do what we need here.
                          Last edited by RichCPT; 08-13-2019, 06:42 PM. Reason: spelling

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                            #14
                            Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

                            Lee,
                            What's the deal with the first name field and the xbasic custom control? In the video it looks like there are two nested "input " controls, but only one closing ">" ? Looks like that would generate an html parsing error.
                            The Last Name field just has one "input" control.

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                              #15
                              Re: List control inline editing version 2 - A video to share

                              You must remember that it's Alpha that has provided the tools... the pathways... for us to be able to create these interfaces. It's up to us to use these tools to produce the UI we need.

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