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VORob
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I'm creating a launch page using Resource Layout and I have a problem trying to populate a listbox.

I want the listbox to be populated with either data from Source A or Source B, depending upon an earlier selection made on the form.

I'm selecting a Dynamic Control Value but I can't use the Data Source option as that expects me to select a specific data source - I want the data source to be dynamic.

I'm guessing I need to use the Procedure option but I'm really not sure what I need to do ?

Help much appreciated, Rob.

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Posts: 7 | Location: London, England | Registered: February 16, 2005Report This Post
j.gross
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Here's an approach (untried):

Make the earlier selection control a pull-down (SELECT) list, and chain the second SELECT to it.

Assuming just the filename depends on choice of parent, have the fex that populates the 2nd option list base its source file (rather than screening condition) on the choice of parent option, like so:



-* determine source file, based on parent selected:
-DEFAULT &PARENT=one
-SET &SOURCE = DECODE &PARENT (one fileone, ELSE filetwo);
TABLE FILE &SOURCE
SUM opt2name
BY opt2code
ON TABLE PCHOLD FORMAT XML
END
If more than the filename would depend on parent, you'd use -GOTO to handle the two (or however many) cases, but you get the idea.

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<JG>
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Two ways to create your list boxes,
1st one is pure WebFocus, 2nd uses dynamic javascript.
My personal choice is the 2nd as it only needs to go to the server once and so although the initial population takes longer it looks much smoother.

Sorry I can not paste the code because the system objects to the tags so I've emailed it to you.
 
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shakila25
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Hi JG,

Could you please send me the code to the below mail id
shakila_aslam@syntelinc.com


WebFOCUS 7.6.x
Windows
Output: Excel,PDF, HTML
 
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<JG>
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Shakila, you just needed to search a little further to find it

http://forums.informationbuild...111058331#8111058331
 
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Tony A
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Amazing what you can find via the search function Wink

JG, You might want to go back and edit that post as it had been got at by Mabel (bless her) and now gives JS errors.

T
 
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<JG>
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Thanks Tony and thank god that Mabel's not with us any more. I remember having had to fix that before.

I had actually posted the code to another thread
back in October last year so a search would have found it twice.
 
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