johnf wrote:
> Doesn't it make sense that a list type control should be able to use a 
> dataset?  Often the control is associated with data retrieved from a table.  
> But the data retrieved must be massaged.  Just a thought I had.

Yes and I have always intended to pursue that. But Keys and Choices were 
so easy to use that I never expanded on it to make it more automatic. My 
original thought was to have, in addition to:

DataSource:
The bizobj that contains the field to save the value (the selection in 
the list) to.

DataField:
The field that we save the value (the selection in the list) to.

RowSource:
The bizobj that contains the rows to present as choices.

RowField:
The field in the bizobj that we display as choices (could be a 
VirtualField).

RowKey:
The field in the RowSource bizobj to use as the Value (to save to 
DataField).

Like I said, I think this sounds like a nice addition to 
dControlItemMixin, but never had time to continue the thought. What do 
you think of this design though?

Paul


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