On Aug 8, 2010, at 1:22 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> 'ClientList' should be a reference to the dropdown list containing
>> the client names and IDs. There is a property named 'RegID' that
>> needs to be set to the name 'ClientList', and setting this property
>> will automagically create the reference in the form. From the
>> tutorial:
>
> In what file should have the reference been created?
You don't create the reference; you just set the property for the
control.
>> "With the dropdown selected, go to the prop sheet, and set the
>> DataSource property to "hours", and the DataField property to
>> "clientfk". We also need to set the ValueMode property to "Key" to
>> tell Dabo that we don't want to store the displayed text string, but
>> rather the associated Key value. How do we get the displayed strings
>> and keys into the control? Select the control, and set its RegID
>> property to 'ClientList'. As we'll cover later, the RegID is a unique
>> identifier within a form that allows for simple, unambiguous object
>> references."
>>
>> From the error, my guess is that you did not set the RegID of the
>> dropdown.
>
> That's what I thought also, that I missed a step somewhere but if I look
> at the Object Info window--> dDropdownList-->Properties I see
> RegID=ClientList.
Can you paste your .cdxml file on http://dabo.codepad.org/ so I can
take a look at it?
-- Ed Leafe
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