Ya Know: I still would like to hear the "year of the administrator" is going to come back..
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Joe Martin D'Souza <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > Hey Dan, > > Been there – wished that.. From the Dev Studio, no there is no way to > create that overlay for all the 99 views.. > > I would do this though if you have the luxury (time) to ‘experiment’ > > > - Take an xml def file of the form you want to perform those > modifications on.. > - Create an overlay for one of the views and save the form. > - Take an xml def file of the form that you just modified with an > overlay for that one view.. > - Compare the difference.. > - Recreate that difference for the other views on that xml def file. > - Check if importing the modified def file creates those overlays for > the other views.. > > Good luck :-) > > Joe > > > > *From:* Daniel Bloom <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:42 PM > *Newsgroups:* public.remedy.arsystem.general > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Overlay follies: Selection fields > > ** > > Others have probably come across this but I thought I’d mention it because > it surprised me,**** > > Although I think I understand why:**** > > **** > > ARSystem 7.6.04 P2 (I would assume all previous versions, don’t know)**** > > **** > > In order to modify a selection field, i.e. add/modify/delete selections,** > ** > > You need to create an overlay for every View first.**** > > **** > > Not too bad except with every language there is one form with 99 views to > create an overlay for.**** > > **** > > If someone knows a work around, like being able to say: “Create an overlay > for all the views please”**** > > Please let the list/me know.**** > > **** > > Why this behavior: I assume because it wants to let you add/remove labels > and choices for each language View individually,**** > > Which is a good thing and makes sense, it just isn’t complete in terms of > usability and I have no evidence that you can actually do that since I > haven’t tried yet.**** > > **** > > …. Daniel**** > > **** > > **** > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _attend WWRUG12 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > -- Patrick Zandi _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"

