Well Chris, At a quick glance... *Application.application.division_**dp* is probable the culprit.
I'd at a watch to *Application.application.division_dp* and follow it thru the application It probable be changed without you thinking about it... So you'll have to add a routine to capute its old value and restore it when W2 closes On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Chris H <[email protected]> wrote: > > My application built using Coldfusion, Flex and MySQL as the back end has > the issue of records disappearing after the windows are changed. > > Step 1: A user logs in to the application, then goes to Window W1 where > records like departments A1, A2, A3 from Division A, Division B records > like departments B1, B2....departments G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5 from Division > G are displayed. > > He has the option of editing records like departments A1 by clicking on the > record and a new window W2 opens which contains A1's information and window > W1 is closed. > > He can choose any department record to change like A1, G2 and so on to edit > from Window W1. > > Step 2: Say, he chooses department A1 which falls under Division A for > editing. > > Step 3: After he does the editing for department A1 and closes the editing > window W2, he goes back to window W1 where instead of viewing all > departments like A1, A2, A3 from Division A, B1,B2 from Division B, he can > see only A1,A2 and A3 from Division A. > > If in Step 2, had the user had chosen department G3 which falls under > Division G, after doing the editing when he would have closed Window W2 for > department G3, he would have come back to window W1, he can see only records > of departments G1, G2, G3.. G5 from Division G. > > In the code, when a user goes from Window W1 to Window W2, there is a > filtering based on division in Window W2. So, if someone chooses department > A1 from Division A to edit, in window W2 he can switch to editing record A2, > A3 instead of A1. This is done as it was asked by the business users of the > application. > > I cannot understand why the filtering done in Window W2 is being passed to > Window W1. > > We are using Remoting services to connect to Coldfusion. > > How can I stop the filtering being passed to Window W1? If I cannot stop > it, can I repopulate the records in Window W1 so that all departments from > all divisions are visible in Window W1 when a user comes to it after editing > a record? > > Within Window W1 I have > > > In window W2 there is some code like below > > private function doCloseWindow(eventObj:*):void{ > parentWindowOpener.TheWindow = null; > //PopUpManager.removePopUp(this); > > if(parentWindowOpener._formOperationMode == 'update'){ > > parentWindowOpener.openWindow(com.record_selection_win); > }else{ > parentWindowOpener.openWindow(com.form_selector_win); > } > > } > > There is also some code which is doing the filtering > > private function initApp():void{ > division_dp = Application.application.division_dp; > division_dp.filterFunction = doDivFilter; > division_dp.refresh(); > > unit_dp = Application.application.unit_dp; > > } > > //Do Division filter > private function doDivFilter(eventObj:Object):Boolean{ > return (eventObj.dept_type == division_type); > // where division_type is a string "Division A", > "Division B".. > // .."Division G" > > } > > > In Window W1 I have > > private function doCloseWindow(eventObj:*):void{ > parentWindowOpener.TheWindow = null; > //PopUpManager.removePopUp(this); > parentWindowOpener.openWindow(com.form_selector_win); > } > > Any advice would be welcome. > > Thanks > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, simply email the list with unsubscribe in > the subject line > > For more info, see http://www.affug.com > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40affug.com/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com/> > ------------------------------------------------------------- -- Eric R. DeCoff Changing the world, 1 line of code at a time
