Or better yet, create a form specifically for the menu items and then importing the items from the file into the form? Then field validation is extremely easy...and you don't have nitnoid separate files to maintain.
-----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thad K Esser Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: how to read the whole content of a drop-down menu ** Have you tried pulling the file that your menu reads from into an unlimited length, display only field and then using string functions (such as STRSTR) to find if the value entered is in the list? If that doesn't work maybe a run process utilizing grep or find? Thad Esser Remedy Developer "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours."-- Richard Bach "Serouche Rahimpour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)" <[email protected]> 09/04/2007 08:33 AM Please respond to [email protected] To [email protected] cc Subject Re: how to read the whole content of a drop-down menu I just tried with $MENU$ and the browser (because it has to be on the web) returns $MENU$ in the field. I checked afterwards in the Admin tool. It has corrected $MENU$ for "$MENU$" Another idea ? Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE wrote: > I'm not sure if it works with menus built from external files, but have > you tried $MENU$? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Serouche Rahimpour > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: how to read the whole content of a drop-down menu > > hi, > > let say I have a drop-down menu which values come from a Menu which > reads itself from a file. > Let say on another form I have a character field and I want to check the > > content of this field (what users type in) is or is not in the drop-down > > menu. > I tried with different filters and AL but each time I am not able to > read the whole list (about 900 entries in the drop-down list.) > Any idea/help/questions? > Many thanks. > Cheers > Serouche > > ________________________________________________________________________ > _______ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where > the Answers Are" > > ________________________________________________________________________ _______ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" > > ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" ***IMPORTANT NOTICE: This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the entity or individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message is strictly prohibited. Nothing in this email, including any attachment, is intended to be a legally binding signature.*** __20060125_______________________This posting was submitted with HTML in it___ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
