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    XDialog ListBox Question

    Hello,

    I am trying to create an xdialog box that will display records from an ADO connected Database. On one of the columns I want to limit the available choices to one of three options. When I use Genie and tell it to make the column for this field a listbox, I am never getting the option to setup the allowed choices for this column and when I run the dialog box this column appears to be non existent. I have been able to programmatically add choices that display on the screen but they have no effect on the data in the table.

    An example of the control definition that displays and update the column I am working with is this: (the column I am working with is highlighted in red)

    AdoForm.ControlDefinitions = <<%string%
    ~DataObj1.EntityID~|||[4.7DataObj1.Row[__i__\].Data.Display.EntityID!DataObj1.Data.EntityID_change]
    ~DataObj1.Name~|||[-1.2DataObj1.Row[__i__\].Data.Display.Name!DataObj1.Data.Name_change]
    ~DataObj1.Type~|||[-1.2DataObj1.Row[__i__\].Data.Display.Type!DataObj1.Data.Type_change]
    ~DataObj1.EntityID_label~|||<%B=N;O={J=L,C}{F=__font__}EntityID;OF={J=C,C}{F=__font__,U}EntityID%!DataObj1.Label.EntityID>
    ~DataObj1.Name_label~|||<%B=N;O={J=L,C}{F=__font__}Name;OF={J=C,C}{F=__font__,U}Name%!DataObj1.Label.Name>
    ~DataObj1.Type_label~|||<%B=N;O={J=L,C}{F=__font__}Type;OF={J=C,C}{F=__font__,U}Type%!DataObj1.Label.Type>
    ~DataObj1_First~|||<%T=First record;B=T;I=$a5_record_first%!DataObj1.Event.First?DataObj1.flag.First>
    ~DataObj1_Previous~|||<%T=Previous record;B=T;I=$a5_record_previous%!DataObj1.Event.Prev?DataObj1.flag.Prev>
    ~DataObj1_Next~|||<%T=Next record;B=T;I=$a5_record_next%!DataObj1.Event.Next?DataObj1.flag.Next>
    ~DataObj1_Last~|||<%T=Last record;B=T;I=$a5_record_last%!DataObj1.Event.Last?DataObj1.flag.Last>
    %string%

    An example of where I can get the listbox to show is this:

    AdoForm.ControlDefinitions = <<%string%
    ~DataObj1.EntityID~|||[4.7DataObj1.Row[__i__\].Data.Display.EntityID!DataObj1.Data.EntityID_change]
    ~DataObj1.Name~|||[-1.2DataObj1.Row[__i__\].Data.Display.Name!DataObj1.Data.Name_change]
    ~DataObj1.Type~|||[%v%.10test^=a_test]
    ~DataObj1.EntityID_label~|||<%B=N;O={J=L,C}{F=__font__}EntityID;OF={J=C,C}{F=__font__,U}EntityID%!DataObj1.Label.EntityID>
    ~DataObj1.Name_label~|||<%B=N;O={J=L,C}{F=__font__}Name;OF={J=C,C}{F=__font__,U}Name%!DataObj1.Label.Name>
    ~DataObj1.Type_label~|||<%B=N;O={J=L,C}{F=__font__}Type;OF={J=C,C}{F=__font__,U}Type%!DataObj1.Label.Type>
    ~DataObj1_First~|||<%T=First record;B=T;I=$a5_record_first%!DataObj1.Event.First?DataObj1.flag.First>
    ~DataObj1_Previous~|||<%T=Previous record;B=T;I=$a5_record_previous%!DataObj1.Event.Prev?DataObj1.flag.Prev>
    ~DataObj1_Next~|||<%T=Next record;B=T;I=$a5_record_next%!DataObj1.Event.Next?DataObj1.flag.Next>
    ~DataObj1_Last~|||<%T=Last record;B=T;I=$a5_record_last%!DataObj1.Event.Last?DataObj1.flag.Last>
    %string%

    What I would like to do is find a way to combine the field information for the two fields that are displayed in red into one field. Is this possible?

    I hope that someone will have some ideas.

    Thanks in advance.
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    Never Mind I just found what I needed on my own

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      #3
      Hi Eric,

      Please post what you learned so that others of us will benefit as well.

      Bob Arbuthnot

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        #4
        XDialog ListBox Question - Could you please share how you achieved your goal?

        Originally posted by Ericl
        Never Mind I just found what I needed on my own
        Hi Eric

        Great that you did find out what you were looking for, but we are in a similar position as you were in the beginning of posting this issue, could you help us by sharing your outcomes.

        Thank you very much in advance.
        Dave

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          #5
          Yes I should have posted information about what I had found on Friday afternoon, it just got to be late in the day and other stuff was coming up for me.

          What I was able to find in the Xdialog reference manual that did work the way that I wanted it to was on the line that is highlighted in red with the following line.

          ~DataObj1.Type~|||[%v%.10DataObj1.Row[__i__\].Data.Display.Type^=a_test!DataObj1.Data.Type_change]

          This gave me the ability of define the list of options and still have the results affect the database data. I found information that explains this in the xdialog reference under the "Combo Box Control Syntax" section.

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