Nigel: It sounds like list boxes suit your needs. Good to hear that.
-- Douglas von Roeder 949-336-2902 On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 6:50 AM, Nigel Greenlee via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Douglas > > I undertook a project a long long long time back to convert a pretty rich > framework(for its time) from Area List to Listbox..to put that in time > context it was when you could not buy any licences for Area List! > > At the time LB did not have anything like the abilities it had now but i > can say i have never missed Area List and implement very easy listbox areas > on all my forms even on new databases where i have only put bits of the > framework in-including nice stuff like putting formula based columns onto > field based listboxes. .(I would happily undertake to move anyone to > listbox if you you want to farm the job out). > > > > Nigel Greenlee > > > > > > On 24 Sep 2017, at 20:20, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech < > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > > > Sannyasin: > > > > "I’m looking again seriously at Listboxes as a replacement for ALP. It’s > > close, but there’s a couple things that don’t quite work well in > Listboxes > > for heavy data editing. I do both the programming and the data editing > for > > this, so little glitches and funky UI things make a difference!" > > > > I haven't delved into LB's at much depth. Part of it is that ALP does > what > > I need it to do and, to their credit, LB's are an easy transition from > > grouped scrollable areas. Having done multiple"no new features" upgrades > > from legacy versions of 4D this year, I appreciate that. > > > > In contrast, I worked on a project where LB's were required (ALP was not > > allowed) and it was absolutely clear that "the little glitches and funky > UI > > things make a difference" to the point of having to figure out a *lot* of > > work arounds. I offered to buy ALP for the client but they were adamant > > so the UI was limited but chacun a son gout. > > > > BTW, converting the array to a text array and keeping the numeric array > > hidden might be your best bet. If LB's offer calculated columns, that > would > > be a piece of cake. > > > > > > -- > > Douglas von Roeder > > 949-336-2902 > > > > On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 8:10 PM, Sannyasin Siddhanathaswami via 4D_Tech < > > 4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > > >> Me too! (well not a couple of decades—at least 1 decade) > >> > >> I’m looking again seriously at Listboxes as a replacement for ALP. It’s > >> close, but there’s a couple things that don’t quite work well in > Listboxes > >> for heavy data editing. I do both the programming and the data editing > for > >> this, so little glitches and funky UI things make a difference! > >> > >> > >> Sannyasin Siddhanathaswami > >> > >> On Sep 23, 2017, 5:04 PM -1000, wrote: > >> > >> Sorry, that’s about it for me. I’ve been using AreaList Pro for a > couple of > >> decades… > >> ********************************************************************** > >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > >> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > >> Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > >> Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > >> ********************************************************************** > >> > > ********************************************************************** > > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > > ********************************************************************** > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
