No, not really!
You can slowly figure things out by simultaneously looking at the def-file
and the ar.h-file in the API.
The XML-definitions are easier. Unfortunately, they tend to become huge.
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> I am looking for documentation on the .Def format...to be able to decode
> it similar to what Misi has in this utility.
>
> I searched the list and the pdfs (v7.x). Is this info posted somewhere?
>
>
> Stephen
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Misi Mladoniczky
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 4:51 AM
> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG
> Subject: Re: Field names in a list
>
> Rob,
>
> I have now updated our rrrDefFieldList-tool to include field labels.
>
> This tool runs on def-files and produce a list of all the fields in the
> file. It does not connect to the server or the network.
>
> The result is a semicolon separated text file that you can open in
> Excel.
>
> The listed information includes information about Form, Id, Name, Label,
> Type, Option, Length, Enum-values, Default, Pattern and Menu of each
> field.
>
> https://www.rrr.se/cgi/tools/main#rrrDefFieldList
>
> Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://www.rrr.se
>
>> As we all know each field in a form has at least three names, one the
>> user sees (user-facing), the name we see in the admin tool and the
>> name stored in the database.
>>
>> I have a manager who wants a csv file listing all the fields on a form
>
>> showing the user-facing name alongside the admin-tool name. The reason
>
>> is that users see the admin-tool name (or the database name) while
>> putting together reports. We have for instance, relabeled field 'Tag
>> Number' so that users see 'PIMS Number', but it remains 'Tag Number'
>> in the admin tool and Tag_Number in the database.
>>
>> The admin-tool and database names are easy to come by, but how can I
>> extract the user-facing names? Will arinside do it? I can't install
>> anything needing admin rights without a song-and-dance routine with
>> computer security--that takes weeks. If arinside or some other tool
>> will do the trick, I can possibly speed up that process.
>>
>> I've been through the database this morning looking in a MS SQL
>> installation on my laptop, and I do not see a table under ARSystem
>> that holds the info I need. For instance, Field has the name and a lot
>
>> of other info, but column fieldName is the admin-tool name.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated. Is the answer obvious? Am I missing
>> something, as usual?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Rowe, Remedy Action Request System Development and Administration
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The golden rule is to test
>> everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where
>
>> it comes."
>> Mohandas K. Gandhi
>>
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