On Monday 14 January 2008 11:34:35 am Adrian Klaver wrote:
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: johnf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > On Monday 14 January 2008 11:05:55 am Ed Leafe wrote:
> > > On Jan 14, 2008, at 12:48 PM, johnf wrote:
> > > > Open a form with a bizobj that contains the field 'mytest' as in
> > > > above;
> > > > open dShell
> > > > self.new()
> > > > mybiz=self.getBizobj()
> > > > mybiz.getFieldVal('mytest')
> > > > u''
> > > >
> > > > I get a blank field. In fact I have not been able to reproduce
> > > > anything like
> > > > what you are getting.
> > >
> > > Calling new() does no interaction with the database. There is no way
> > > to get the values from the database without writing your own code to
> > > do so.
> > >
> > > -- Ed Leafe
> > > -- http://leafe.com
> > > -- http://dabodev.com
> >
> > That's what I said the first time. However, Adrian states the following:
> > >Dabo is aware of the default values. When I call self.new() the Dropdown
> >
> > Lists
> >
> > >are populated with the correct default values from Postgres. Those are
> > > the self.'RegID'.Value items above.
> >
> > I can't figure out where the values are coming from if they are not in
> > Dabo somewhere?
>
> These are Dropdown Lists so the values are in the Choices property of the
> control. The thing is that the values that show up as the Value of each
> control when I call new() is the correct default value. To get that Value
> into the control the correct value is selected from the Choices list. The
> default value is not the first item in the list either by position or
> alphabetically, so it is not a case of displaying the first value. I will
> have to more digging to figure this out. I have to run right now so it will
> have to wait until tonight.
>
>
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
in the Form code afterInit() add the following:
self."RegID".Position=0
where "RegID" is the ID of the dropdown list. Check to see if that works for
you - on the insert.
Later you can use validation to better control the input from the user.
--
John Fabiani
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