I have multiple dropdowns for Dept and Location and I need a simple way of creating/Recreating these list to select from.
Example:
SubCorporation= investment; headquarters; life; P&C;Reinsurance; Corporate Insurance; Personal lines;
SubSubCorporation= has 20+
subsubsubcorporation has 5000+
Departments has 8000+

Division has 50+
Region has 100+
Location has 3500+

Now what I need to do when the client selects one or multiples in a group then only the corresponding selections are displayed in the dropdown for the other Parms.

I understand that I need to use onChange to run a javascript to create the dropdowns but I forgat how to rerun/execute the FEXs to create the dropdowns using the items selected.

I am using WebFocus 7.1.1 striaght coding only using the GUI for creating Graphs.
David

You can build a webpage with drop down fields and link the fields to each other so you get what you descripe.
It's rather easy to build with the GUI, but need some preparation.
Are all the fields in separate linked tables?

At present each of the fields has its own table.

David,

Rather than reinvent the wheel, why not use the inbuilt funtions that IBs javascript modules hold, and take advantage of the GUI in this instance? (unless you do not have access to the GUI?).

The HTML form painter allows you to build the form and the various combos you require, and then link them together. The JS code assigns onchange events for you, taking away the hassle.

Speaking as a long term hand coded myself, I use a standard HTML page that I built with the GUI long ago and now, that I understand how the JS functions, I have no problems in writing my HTML pages by hand.

To try and explain how the JS functions, and the attributes you need would be time consuming, so I would urge you to consider trying the GUI (at least once or twice) and study the code produced, until you have a good understanding of the attribute functions and requirements. However, I did post this a while back that might help you understand it a bit more.

Alternatively, if you are looking at using pure WebFOCUS and HTMLFORMs to build a recursive launch page then check out the FIND facility above to locate previous posts on combo boxes within fexes (I think Mickey Grackin or J.G. did a fine example quite a while back?)

T

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Now what I need to do when the client selects one or multiples in a group then only the corresponding selections are displayed in the dropdown for the other Parms.

I think I may have misunderstood this, but it sounds like the chaining functionality of the HTML form is all you need to do this.

You may have to create a table that lists all the Departments associated with a sub-sub-sub-corporation. Sorry, I'm picturing a fella describing that he works for sub-subcorp Green of the M&M's corp's subcorp peanut division.