What do you mean by "...bounce people from adding mailing-lists into the CC list field"? Do you mean you want to force people to use the values as presented in the menu and prevent them from typing stuff in?
-----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Serouche Rahimpour Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: how to read the whole content of a drop-down menu maybe I shall give more details on my problem and the situation: I have a file with a list of mailing-lists I have created a form (A) with one character field which reads the file and displays it as a menu I have another form (B) with a character field where people add emails (CC list). What I'd like to do is to bounce people from adding mailing-lists into the CC list field. :-) ... I can't get it :-( ... any help ? Thanks Serouche Kaiser Norm E CIV USAF 96 CS/SCCE wrote: > 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" > > ________________________________________________________________________ _______ 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"
