Creating a Session Variable when Clicking on a Link??

[robert swanson]

The following is copied from the help file.

Creating a Session Variable when Clicking on a Link
The following URL opens the Showsubscriber.A5w page with the filter expression edit_sub_filter=Acct_Id={Acct_Id}. In addition, it creates the session variable session.CurrentSubAcct set to the value found in the Acct_Id field.

Showsubscriber.A5w?edit_sub_filter=Acct_Id={Acct_Id}&CurrentSubAcct={Acct_Id}

My code is as follows

View.a5w?decend_disp_box_link_1c=Key={Key}&reclink={key}

the link is followed but reclink is not created as a session variable. Why?? Is it the fact that I'm using a link instead of a filter?

[Lenny Forziati]

The help file is incorrect. You need to use

View.a5w?decend_disp_box_link_1c=Key={Key}&session.reclink={key}

The following is copied from the help file.

Creating a Session Variable when Clicking on a Link
The following URL opens the Showsubscriber.A5w page with the filter expression edit_sub_filter=Acct_Id={Acct_Id}. In addition, it creates the session variable session.CurrentSubAcct set to the value found in the Acct_Id field.

Showsubscriber.A5w?edit_sub_filter=Acct_Id={Acct_Id}&CurrentSubAcct={Acct_Id}

My code is as follows

View.a5w?decend_disp_box_link_1c=Key={Key}&reclink={key}

the link is followed but reclink is not created as a session variable. Why?? Is it the fact that I'm using a link instead of a filter?

[robert swanson]

Thank you very much. This may solve my other problems from messages posted re linking to gridlink pages.

Bob

[robert swanson]

Not in index

FYI

Creating a Session Variable when Clicking on a Link is not in the index of the help file. I found it by accident by doing a search on link session

[Lenny Forziati]

I'll ask Ed to address this. Thanks.

FYI

Creating a Session Variable when Clicking on a Link is not in the index of the help file. I found it by accident by doing a search on link session

[Edward Larrabee]

I had a strong word with the writer and had him clean up his act.

[Pat Bremkamp]

In a Navigation component

I tried to use this approach in a navagation component, but it gave an error. Is setting a session variable in the link in a navigation component supported?

[robert swanson]

Pat I dropped that idea because it was too combersome and also found a better way. Check out http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...ad.php?t=57189

If you have any questions let me know

on the nav bar just set the url as you would normally.

P.S. How do you get the thumbnails. I have figured that one out yet

Bob

[Pat Bremkamp]

The error is being caused by my use of quotes around the constant value. I tried changing the value to session.vsLi_Id=quote(Clients) and that eliminated the error, but it also doesn't work.

So, the question is now, how do I assign a constant character value without the use of quotes?

About the thumbnails, I don't know. It happens automatically....must be magic!

Pat

[robert swanson]

Pat Are you still trying to set the Nav bar or are you refering to the ink field on the source grid?

If you are refering to the source grid, then in the destination grid link overides you have to insert DBF.filter="Clients="+quote(session.vsLi_id)

This on the definition of the grid link builder. Click on the parent and click EDIT then click OVERIDE Settings the add the above.

By the way I wasn't refering to how you got the thumbnail, I was refering to how did you get the screen shot

[Pat Bremkamp]

Bob,
There are a number of screen capture programs. My wife uses SnagIt, but I use PrintScreen from Gadwin Systems, www.gadwin.com.

Here's what I'm trying to do...
In my business, my suppliers, my customers and my competitors can all be the same company. So, I created one company file and use lists of companies to find what I want. So, for example, if I want to see a list of clients, I go to the list named "Clients". If I want suppliers, I use the list named "Suppliers". All use the same company file.

Now, it would be easy to make separate components and pages for each list, but I thought, "Why not use one page and just change the titles and the filter based on a session variable?" So I did.

In version 6, I made a poor man's navigation system using a dialog component with dropdown boxes, and, based on the selection, would set session.ListName to "Clients", or whatever, and call the page. Works fine.

Now in version 7, I am trying to do the same thing in the Navigation component. I just want to select the menu option "Select Client", set the session.ListName to "Clients" and go.

Maybe that's too cute and I should just create a bunch of separate pages???

Pat

[robert swanson]

Pat 2 things.

1. At the bottom of an a5w destination page I insert
<%a5
a5w_info(.f.)
%>
to show the session variables. This way at least you know what was defined.

2. Thanks to my ignorance when checking to see if when this was applied to the menu.
guest_list.a5w?session.name=quoted(BOB)
it worked just as you said but session.name was defined according to A5W_info(.f) as quoted(BOB)
So what the heck I tried this
guest_list.a5w?session.name=Bob
and session.name now is defined as BOB.
Apparently either the menus don't interpret quoted() or a session variable just converts anything after the = sign as a string.

I hope this helps

Bob