Dynamic: tmpl_menu.xml = <<%xml%

[Sieward]

i have a navigation system component 'menu'

in the a5w page i like to build the menu dynamically

Situation now:
tmpl_menu.xml = <<%xml%
<navsys name="menu" text="Menu">
<item type="1" text="Customers" url="customers.a5w" />
<item type="1" text="Settings" url="setting.a5w" />
</navsys>
%xml%

is it possible to build the code between <<%xml% and %xml% dynamically ?

i have experimented to construct the code as a Character string but without success.

[Steve Wood]

Here's a thread discussing that:

http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...ad.php?t=57810

I have not dynamically rewritten the xml, but I have swapped nav menus on a criteria using something like:

select
case session.m="1"
tmpl_tr_nav = a5w_load_component("tr_nav1")
case session.m="2"
tmpl_tr_nav = a5w_load_component("tr_nav2")
case else
tmpl_tr_nav = a5w_load_component("tr_nav1")
end select

[Sieward]

Thanks Steve!

In my application i wanted to let the administator give access to all the different menu items. I think when the application is finished it may have about 40 menu items.
However i can use your suggestion and give users access to different menu's (internal users, external users, administrators, management)

In a custom control you can place html between <<%html% and %html%. To populate a dropdownbox in a non alfabetical order i am trying as well to build that code dynamically.

i think when 1 is solved the other problem is solved as well.

[Sieward]

In a custom control dropdownbox is sortable

it took some time, but i believe below is the solution to get a sorted DropDownBox

in the CUSTOMCONTROL_render function:

'Write Xbasic code here that returns the HTML to be displayed by this control
dim tbl as P
dim arr_count as N
dim cValues as c

tbl = table.open("MyTable")
arr_count = tbl.records_get()

dim raw[arr_count] as P
raw.initialize_from_table("MyTable", "", "SortField")
tbl.close()

FOR i = 1 TO arr_count
cValues = cValues + "<option value=\"" + raw[i].StoreValue + "\">" + raw[i].DisplayValue + "</option>"
NEXT

CUSTOMCONTROL_render = <<%html%
<select size="1" class="Winclassic2Select">%html%
CUSTOMCONTROLL_render = TYPECALL_render + cValues
CUSTOMCONTROL_render = TYPECALL_render + "</select>"

I will try to customize the code insode the xlm tags as well to get the user defined access menu.

[JerryBrightbill]

If this is a vertical menu, a simple way to get the result you want is to use a single field grid. Each record would just be a link field to open the desired page. You could build a very simple table with fields that could be used for filtering and sorting, one for the text to appear on the 'option' and one to set the page to open on the link.

The grid could be defined with two fields. The first would be the menu option "text" field, configured as a link, with "Value in Field" as the display in link and "Computed from fields in the Grid" as the link value. The second field would be be the "page" field, that would have its column hidden. The link value for the link field would just be the placeholder for the "page" field.

When the grid is added to a page, you can dynamically filter the grid based on any field in the table with an override and show almost any combination of options you want.

[Jack]

will try

Thanks Jerry,

now i have 3 possible solutions:D

i will try them all and determine what suits me best