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    Filtering Dropdown boxes with session variables

    Using a grid, I fully understand and take advantage of session variables and defining augments to filter the views. However, when using a drop down box, you have a filter setting property available but no arguments will show up as a choice.

    How can I use a session variable to further filter what is displayed in a drop down box?

    While we are on this topic, how can I change the order of what is displayed in a drop down box?

    Thanks!

    Mike

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    Re: Filtering Dropdown boxes with session variables

    Here is an example of filtering a dropdown. Notice it takes place in the A5W page.
    Code:
    with tmpl_tr_trustee
    	componentName = "tr_trustee"
    	field_info[6].DropDownBox.Filter = "Job_ID="+quote(session.__protected__jobid)
    	field_info[7].DropDownBox.Filter = "Job_ID="+quote(session.__protected__jobid)
    	field_info[8].DropDownBox.Filter = "Job_ID="+quote(session.__protected__jobid)
    	field_info[9].DropDownBox.Filter = "Job_ID="+quote(session.__protected__jobid)
    end with

    To set the order, I think you would have to play with the dialogs settings for Display versus Stored information. The dropdown will always display based on whatever field you include first in the Display setting. I'm thinking you could include a Sort field, so your display would include that number prior to the actual value.
    Steve Wood
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      #3
      Re: Filtering Dropdown boxes with session variables

      Steve - that will do it! Thanks so much.

      Boy, you have really been the "answer man" lately (more so than normal) - I know we all appreciate what you do.

      I hope Alpha acknowledges this in some way as well!

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        Re: Filtering Dropdown boxes with session variables

        It's easy to answer when the questions are often the same. The only thing I do is look in some old application where I "did that" and refresh how it was done. I can't actually remember most of this as it exactly must be applied. I also really do have a very long Word doc that I built up over the years categoriezed by topic. So I can pull out the generic solutions from that document too.
        Steve Wood
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          Re: Filtering Dropdown boxes with session variables

          This should help me make headway with a problem I have had. But if the component is a gridlinker I have something like
          ?x_GridLinker.MRcapacity2.Output.Body.Grid_HTML

          Is it still possible to override settings of the individual grid in this case?

          Bill.

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            Re: Filtering Dropdown boxes with session variables

            Steve
            Would you mind please elaborating on your example? I need to filter the contents of a drop down box, using a page variable.

            Is the code Xbasic code go? Where does it go?

            I just don't get the syntax.

            bob
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              Re: Filtering Dropdown boxes with session variables

              I have a dropdownbox.Can't set the criteria to a pagevariable but I can to a session variable.


              The last line of help text shows the syntax for using a session variable. It appears that that is working in working preview.
              I will just set a session variable equal to the page variable.
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