Stephen, Thanks for providing this approach. Since reading this, I've tried this, and it works beautifully.
I have a lot of forms I need to access on a regular basis. This method allows me to quickly drill down to whichever form I need, on whichever server I need, using whichever view I need. This really speeds administration up a lot. A couple tweaks I added to this were as follows: - Search / Submit mode buttons to allow opening in either mode. In Search mode, all fields are blank, in Submit mode, they are default values. - Server Dropdown list, for choosing to open on an alternate server. Done from a lookup form, as Dev, QC, Prod, etc... - Workflow to populate form name based on display name or vice versa. Done using Application-Get-Form-Name or Application-Get-Form-Alias. - Workflow to populate VUI field with default VUI. select DEFAULTVUI from ARSCHEMA where NAME='$Form Name$' - Attached menu for selecting VUIs for a given form. select VUINAME from VUI where SCHEMAID=(select SCHEMAID from ARSCHEMA where NAME = '$536870916$') I also start the names of the most frequently used forms with a space, so they sort to the top of the table. Thanks again. Eric Cleereman -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heider, Stephen Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 8:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Newbie: form with links to frequently accessed forms Ravi, Here is another approach, something I implemented here. I have about 80 forms that I frequently need to open and search. Using the Find option in the Object List (Ctrl+O, Find, <enter text>, click Find) is not convenient to me. I use a Table Field on a display-only/control panel form that points to a Regular form containing the names of forms I wish to open. I use an active link that opens the form when I double-click a row in the Table field. Regular form fields: 'Display Name' A friendly name for the form. 'Form Name' ARS form name, or URL. 'VUI Name' ARS VUI name. 'URL' Checkbox if the entry is a URL. The Table Field shows the 'Display Name' and 'Form Name' columns. The URL field is included but hidden. On double-click the active link opens the form, or if the 'URL' checkbox is checked then it opens the URL. For opening ARS forms (not URLs) the Open Window command uses $SERVER$ for the Server Name field, $col Form Name$ for the Form Name field, and $col VUI Name$ for the Form View field. The Window Type is set to Search and the Target Location is set to New. For opening URLs, I use this Run Process command: rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler $col Form Name$ I only need this for Windows User Tool. You could use the Run Process command "PERFORM-ACTION-OPEN-URL new" to open URLs in mid-tier. Creating this only took about 30 minutes and I use it every single day for my administration. Anytime I find myself opening a form that is not in this list of forms I just add a record to the Regular form field (described above) and from them on all I need to do is double-click in the Table field and it's opened for me. To enhance this you could add a checkbox to open the form in New mode instead of Search mode. I seldom need to open in New mode so when I need to, I first open in Search modem then select Edit > Copy to New. Stephen Remedy Skilled Professional -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ravi Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 7:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Newbie: form with links to frequently accessed forms This is all I am looking for. Thank you. One more question about the active link. Can the active link take the name of the button as an argument. What I am saying is the following: if I have 5 buttons opening 5 different forms, can I just have one active link taking the name of the button as an argument or do I have to create 5 active links? Thanks Ravi MUNJAL, Jaya, IDC wrote: > ** > > Ravi > > > > § Create a Display Only Form > > § Create 5 buttons (name them according to the form they open) > > § Create 5 Active Link with Open Window Action. In the open > Window specify which Form you want to open > > > > For more details on the Open Window action of active link refer to > Basic User Guide. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Jaya Munjal > > IEA Remedy Team > > RBS India Development Centre (P) Ltd > > > > T +91 124 6724163 > > M +91 9811405409 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unitech Business Park, Block F, Sector 41, South City 1, > > Gurgaon, Harayana India 122001 > > P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. > > www.rbs.com > > > > Visit our Sharepoint site here > > Raise a fault with one of our systems here > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ravi > Sent: 08 February 2008 08:52 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Newbie: form with links to frequently accessed forms > > > > Hi: I typically access about 5 forms as a user from the remedy client. > > Can somebody point me to the right doc which explains how I can create > a > > simple form with links to these forms in search or new mode? 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