This isn't an Active4D question per se, but a question about a potential
design problem.
One of our web apps has a form with a lot of information on it. The form
data describes a "part" and contains manufacturer information, vendor
information etc. The form has about 25 fields. For many parts records
may contain similar information. I'll confess that the data is
de-normalized, but hey, that's what the customer asked for.
I've been asked to implement a copy/paste feature. Basically, the user
wants to be able to click a copy button when viewing a part detail form,
have that info stored "somewhere" and be able to paste the non-unique
data (again at the click of a button) into a new "part" form. The goal
is to speed up data entry.
Using "AJAX" techniques would be a slick way to solve this, but
AJAX'ifying the site isn't an option at this time.
Another thought is to "copy" the part record data into a "parts
clipboard" that will be stored as session data. Then on any page where
that data could conceivably be pasted dynamically build a javascript
"paste" function that would fill in the appropriate form fields. Does
that sound feasible? Has anyone done anything like this? If so would you
mind sharing your experience?
Thanks,
Brad Perkins
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