Does anyone have a good place for someone to learn about chained drop down boxes?

I am trying to incorporate this into my report.

The report is a class roster list but users want to be able to choose from a list that starts with the term code then based on that the subjects populate then based on that selection the course numbers for that subject then based on that selection the section number for that course.

I totally do not know javascript. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Please see the "Developing Reporting Applications" manual, chapter 6. It has a number of pages dedicated to this topic.

Also, please update your signature with your environment particualars, i.e. release, platform, etc., so that we can more easily help you.

Ginny,

Thanks for helping me.

Where do I get that manual? I don't have it. Second, I updated the information in my profile why is it not showing up when I post something?

Because, unfortunately, it is the signature text that shows and not the platform details
A topic also seems to require editing before it will show after an edit of the signature in your profile

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To find the manual, log onto the IBI website and go to the Quick Links section, Tech Doc link. Eventually you will find your way to a list of WebFOCUS manuals and you can download it.

One thing to keep in mind with chaining drop down boxes is that the fields being used to populate the drop down boxes must be in the same table in order to chain the boxes together. I needed to chain fields that were not in the same table so my work around was to join the tables and create a hold file. The hold file will then appear in your list of available master files in the HTML Layout Painter. Use the hold file when creating your drop down boxes. I then scheduled the job to run nightly that creates the hold file I mentioned previously. Hope this helps.

Linus,

You can use a focexec to load your chained boxes and that might help with the problem of different sources. The doc is in the same section of the manual I referred to above. I haven't personally tried it but it might be worth looking into.

This was at a previous job where I supported end-users who created their own reports. I needed a simple solution for them and I found this was the best solution.