Hi ,

Is there a way in maintain to get the number of the row that has been clicked in an HTML - table

there are no links is my table.


Any ideas?

Peter

If not does anyone know a good reference for building maintain apps.
Cause i'm new at building maintain apps

Hi Pete,

Try the Developing WebFOCUS Maintain Applications manual. This manual is available for the following releases:

Version 7.1 (DN4500692.0505)
Version 5.3 (DN4500595.0904)
Version 5.2.3 (DN1800113.0903)

You can view and/or download the Developing WebFOCUS Maintain Applications manual from the Technical Documentation Library.

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• www.informationbuilders.com
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Hope this helps.

Regards,
Jennifer

Pete
The best thing to do with an HTMLTable is to set a link to the body of one of the columns. Then, when a user clicks on that row you can get the row number using:

Compute Row1/i3 = Form.HTMLTable.ClickRow;

Where Form is the name of the form and HTMLTable is the name of the HTMLTable. You can also use:

Compute Col1/i3 = Form.HTMLTable.ClickColumn;
for the Column Number and:

Compute Val1/a20 = Form.HTMLTable.Value;
to get the value of the cell.

Mark

Hi Mark

First of all, thanks for your input , and yes i have tried it and it works , but can i do away with the link in anyway cause its visible and users are likely to click on it , while it does nothing


is there any workaround???


Peter

Pete
An HTMLTable is pretty much a single object. When you click on it, without first setting a link, you are clicking on the entire object, not a specific row.

If you do set a link, you COULD get tricky and change the background color of the HTMLTable to the color of the link so it blends. Also, you could have a JavaScript trigger so the screen wouldn't flash if the user clicks on it.

While it brings in more overhead, you COULD use a Grid object instead of an HTMLTable and just make the columns read only. When you click a row on a grid, the stk.focindex gets set.

Mark

Cool , mark !

i think i can work with that

can i exactly change the color of the link?

what do i put in that java scrip so that it doesnt flash?

It would really help me alot,

thanks

Peter

First create a field and place it on the form. You can make this field VISIBLE NO when everything is working. I named mine currow. Make sure when you place it on the form, the field is named currow. Not Currow or Currow_Edit. It is easier if it is one word and all lower case.

Create a CLICKLINK trigger on the HTMLTable and click the J at the top to tell Maintain this is a JavaScript trigger. Use this code:

var row1 = document.Form1.HTMLTable1_ClickRow.value;
document.Form1.currow.value = row1;

Form1 is the name of my form and HTMLTable1 is the name of my table. Make sure yours are exact. Case matters. Now, when the user selects a row, currow gets populated with no screen flash. You can then use currow in your calculations.

I hope this helps.

Mark

Thanks Mark !

Can i change the link-color? i guessing not but ....i'm hoping