Yeah learning curve may be a bit of an understatement in my case.
I've not dealt with cfc's much so I'm way out of my comfort zone.

I read the 4.0 documentation on list (http://docs.farcrycms.org/
display/FCDEV40/list) and it said something about being able to pass
it a query with value,name:

ftListData
...
OR a query containing the columns value & name.

Example:
queryNew("value,name")

It sounds like you've worked with this field type alot. Is this not
truly available...

Anyway, thanks again for the continued help.  I was looking at the
library stuff but there's so little documentation and even fewer
examples.  I really like the formtools and for basic form extension
it's so much easier than the plps. I just need to get used to how they
work and advice from people like you is absolutely invaluable.

On Dec 20, 4:15 pm, "Blair McKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is a learning curve ;)
>
> The ftListData attribute has just the name of method. The formtool itself
> makes sure the right items are selected.
>
> If you need more input into the list that gets returned (i.e. with
> arguments) you will probably need to use an array with the library
> functionality. I'm not really familiar with that myself so I'll have to ask
> around to get a bit more detail.
>
> The gist of it is that all the ftLibrary attributes (of the array formtool)
> allow you to have total control over the data that gets fed into the library
> window. If the custom table is a content type this will be significantly
> easier, even if it's 'invisible' and not editable via the webtop.
>
> Blair
>
> On Dec 21, 2007 6:51 AM, Jaci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I've been looking at the list type.  But I'm getting confused on the
> > execution.
>
> > I write a custom query directly in the extended dmEvent.cfc? Right?
> > Let's call it getNodePerm
>
> > then I put this in my dmEvent.cfc
>
> > <cfproperty
> >  ftSeq="9"
> >  ftFieldset="Event Overview"
> >  name="page"
> >  type="string"
> >  required="true"
> >  default=""
> >  ftLabel="Associated Page"
> >  ftType="list"
> >  ftListData="getNodePerm(nodeid,nodename)" />
>
> > Is this right?  I'm afraid to try it and mess up the database.
>
> > Second issue is in order to build the custom query I need to know the
> > userID of the logged in user.  Is this in a session variable somewhere
> > that I can access?
>
> > If I solve those problems I'm in the clear.
>
> > I'm very ready to beat my head against a different wall :-)
>
> > On Dec 20, 2:26 pm, "Blair McKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > For formtool metadata use:
> > > ftType="list"
> > > ftListData="getList"
>
> > > In your type add a getList function (no parameters). The function can
> > return
> > > either a list in the form value:label,value:label or a query with "data"
> > and
> > > "label" colums (not certain about that one but pretty sure - good for
> > > data/labels with commas and colons)
>
> > > Blair
>
> > > On Dec 21, 2007 3:32 AM, Jaci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > How do I do this?- Hide quoted text -
>
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