Just don't use diary fields.  In the case of the packaged apps, create a
display only character field and allow updates to that field.   Unfortunate
side effect is that you can not use matching id's in one of 2 actions (on
open/set or save/push).

Axton

On 2/7/07, Shyam Attavar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

** Joe,

In my opinion this would go into the RFE bucket. Maybe worth a shot, since
BMC/Remedy uses diary fields in their OOB applications.

--
Shyam

----- Original Message -----
*From:* Joe DeSouza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*Newsgroups:* gmane.comp.crm.arsystem.general
*To:* [email protected]
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:51 PM
*Subject:* Re: RANT: Diary fields in a dialog box....

**

Agreed, but it does tend to be a bit of a pain if you are doing something
like viewing a record in a dialog box, and that record has diary fields, and
you need to edit that diary field from the dialog box... What then without
any workarounds such as setting the historical part into a read only field
and having a display only field editable to push the new content...



Maybe I didn't really word my original post properly.. When this dialog
box is opened, it would be nice if the set field happens like it does for
any other field, I'm not contesting that.. But diary fields in the dialog
should have been able to recognize the historical part and open it in a
histry box below the editable part just like it does when you open the
record in a Modify mode...


Joe


----- Original Message ----
From: "Grooms, Frederick W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 7:36:23 PM
Subject: Re: RANT: Diary fields in a dialog box....

** I believe that is the correct workflow for the system to do.

You are doing a Set Fields to the diary field.  That always puts that data
into the editable portion.

Why should it work differently on a Dialog than it would on a regular
form?
How would the system know if you were wanting the data to be the
historical data or just pre-populating data for the user to add to?

Personally if I am doing something like that I put the historical data
into a display only (read only) character field.

Fred

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*From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Joe DeSouza
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:38 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* RANT: Diary fields in a dialog box....

**
Wonder why is it Remedy has never addressed to the issue that if you open
up a dialog box that contains a diary field, and there is a set field action
that brings in values from a record on open of the dialog, the Diary field
doesn't behave like its should have behaved. There is no uneditable
historical part for the field and an editable one. Everything from history
gets set to the editable part so if you want to edit its contents it
adds all this plus what you add during the transaction, to the diary for
each transaction

Any idea as to whether or not this issue will ever be addressed to??

Joe

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