Would anyone out there have notes they would be willing to share? I would like to create a Class (in .net) that could be used to decode these values so that it could be added to any ARS API .Net project.
Stephen -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Misi Mladoniczky Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 2:21 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: FW: Field names in a list 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. Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://www.rrr.se Products from RRR Scandinavia: * RRR|License - Not enough Remedy licenses? Save money by optimizing. * RRR|Log - Performance issues or elusive bugs? Analyze your Remedy logs. * RRR|Translator - Manage and automate your language translations. Find these products, and many free tools and utilities, at http://rrr.se. > 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 >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ _________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >> ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" >> > > ______________________________________________________________________ > __ > _______ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" > ________________________________________________________________________ _______ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
