You betcha and as a named selection sorting stays. I have used it as well. Regards
Chuck ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chuck Miller Voice: (617) 739-0306 Informed Solutions, Inc. Fax: (617) 232-1064 mailto:cjmiller<AT SIGN>informed-solutions.com Brookline, MA 02446 USA Registered 4D Developer Providers of 4D and Sybase connectivity http://www.informed-solutions.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > On Aug 31, 2016, at 4:33 PM, John Baughman <[email protected]> wrote: > > List Box has been getting a great deal of discussion and one thing I have > noticed is that the Named Selection based list box is rarely mentioned and on > at least one occasion was referred to as not being of much use. > > I recently had the requirement for a form that included 3 lists displaying > different selections from the same table. In the past I would have used > arrays in either list boxes or ALPro areas. This time I decided to give Named > Selection based list boxes a try and was pleasantly surprised how easy it was > to setup and maintain. > > If I had used arrays, with each list displaying 6 fields I would have had to > create and maintain more than 18 arrays. With Named Selections I could do the > same thing without any arrays. Changing the selections is a simple matter of > clearing the Named Selection for each list box and creating a new one. Way > less code than would be required to update 3 sets of arrays. > > So much easier, and very powerful. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
