Ed Leafe wrote: > 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? > >
Its there now. Regards, Jim _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
