Hi all, One of you has privately reminded me of some early work done at INDASE in 1996-97, which includes a simulated DP-like lookup list. This was implemented in Perl on the server side, with a lot of help from Thom Boyer. You can see it at http://www.sanbachs.net/cgi-bin/nfCDIL01.pl or begin a search from the computerized ancestor home page at http://www.sanbachs.net/cdi/ . This particular project is no longer in operation, but some of the machinery is still there.
The Perl scripts to implement this can be generated using the complete set of Firestorm code, including the METAD database by importing some reports which generate Perl scripts like these for any database. Sketchy instructions can be located at http://www.sanbachs.net/firestorm/perl.html and other pages that you can reach from http://www.sanbachs.net/firestorm/<http://www.sanbachs.net/firestorm/perl.html> However, there is an easier way, involving only DP reports added to an existing database. These reports generate a separate HTML page for each possible position of each lookup list. In the sample, the generated lookup pages are named I3L10.HTM through I3L2623.HTM, standing for *I*ndex *3*, *L*ookup position *10* (the first position) through position *2623* (the last position). That amounts to a lot of files, but DP is quick on today's machines, and there is plenty of disk space. A sample database is available at http://www.sanbachs.net/ufv/ so that you can see how this can be done. There are three reports. The first generates all possible positions of a ten line lookup list for one panel. The second generates a simple web page for each record. The third generates a list mapping strings to lookup positions. It can be used with a CGI script to simulate typing in the lookup list. I can furnish that script upon request. Please send me your comments and suggestions. Many thanks and best wishes, Bruce
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