Is there any way to define a caption for the window title of a browse similar to how it can be done for a form?
When designing a form it is possible to specify a caption for the form window which substitutes for the default Alpha generated window title. This is nice because it allows the use of a cleaner and/or more meaningful window title than Alpha otherwise creates based on the combination of the bound table name and user assigned form name. For example a form named Managers bound to a table named Mgmt_Entities results in the following Alpha generated window title: Mgmt entities.dbf: Form View (Manager Entities) when opened for viewing. Accurate, but not a particularly attractive title to display to end users. But using the caption ability found in form properties a substitute title, like say simply Managers or Add Managers can be set and Alpha will display the title as such.
However, when defining browses there appears to be no similar facility provided. If a browse is defined for the same table Mgmt_Entities, Alpha generates a window title Managers: Browse (Managers) and there is no apparent way by which to set substitute caption as in the case of forms. I might prefer to title the window Browse Managers, but there is no property setting to accomplish this.
Also a related issue is the assignment of window titles for lookups that are defined as table lookups in the field rules. In this case Alpha would define the lookup browse window title as Managers.dbf: Lookup and there is again no way to provide a substitute for the default title. I might prefer to have Lookup Managers as a title, but how?
I looked at trying to set browse window titles via Object Explorer but in my testing Object Exporer won�t retain any alterations to the window title that I make.
Is it necessary to resort to Xbasic to control these? If so it would be really handy if the ability to accomplish this were provided via the browse properties in as much as in almost all cases I would want to be able set my own defined window titles. Am I in a small minority of developers who would like better control over browse window and lookup browse window titles?
When designing a form it is possible to specify a caption for the form window which substitutes for the default Alpha generated window title. This is nice because it allows the use of a cleaner and/or more meaningful window title than Alpha otherwise creates based on the combination of the bound table name and user assigned form name. For example a form named Managers bound to a table named Mgmt_Entities results in the following Alpha generated window title: Mgmt entities.dbf: Form View (Manager Entities) when opened for viewing. Accurate, but not a particularly attractive title to display to end users. But using the caption ability found in form properties a substitute title, like say simply Managers or Add Managers can be set and Alpha will display the title as such.
However, when defining browses there appears to be no similar facility provided. If a browse is defined for the same table Mgmt_Entities, Alpha generates a window title Managers: Browse (Managers) and there is no apparent way by which to set substitute caption as in the case of forms. I might prefer to title the window Browse Managers, but there is no property setting to accomplish this.
Also a related issue is the assignment of window titles for lookups that are defined as table lookups in the field rules. In this case Alpha would define the lookup browse window title as Managers.dbf: Lookup and there is again no way to provide a substitute for the default title. I might prefer to have Lookup Managers as a title, but how?
I looked at trying to set browse window titles via Object Explorer but in my testing Object Exporer won�t retain any alterations to the window title that I make.
Is it necessary to resort to Xbasic to control these? If so it would be really handy if the ability to accomplish this were provided via the browse properties in as much as in almost all cases I would want to be able set my own defined window titles. Am I in a small minority of developers who would like better control over browse window and lookup browse window titles?
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