At 11:17 AM 9/27/2005, Javier Valencia wrote:
A pop-up can be configured in many ways; you can display more that one field and return to the column a value that is not even displayed if you want to do so. For example, you might want to select an employee ID but you can have your pop-up display unique values for the employee Last name, First name and pay rate and when you select one employee it will return his/her employee ID (which was no even displayed) you can also format the pop-up display by using the LJS or RJS or any other function and you can also change the colors and fonts of the displayed data and titles; all in all a very powerful utility. I also use speed buttons that display list of selections using the CHOOSE command, which again you can manipulate in any way you want; once you select an option and retrieve whatever value you need into a variable, you can then update and /or manipulate all the other columns in the record using the UPDTADE or PROPERTY commands and then refreshing the display using the PROPERTY TABLE your_table 'REFRESH' command.
Javier, In addition to that wonderful details in 7.1 for Windows, R:BASE 7.5 for Windows includes a few additional options for Custom Popup Menus. For a sample application: http://www.razzak.com/sampleapplications (Item 033. Custom Popup Menus) Using R:BASE 7.5 for Windows, you also have the additional option of using DB Look ListView or Variable Lookup ListView to replace CHOOSE. For a sample form, take a look at the "UsingListVAsCHOOSE" form in Running R:BASE Your Way! Part 10 (New York/Conference 2005 Edition). You are only limited by your imagination! Very Best R:egards, Razzak.
