Thad, Thanks for the idea. I'll give it a try.
Dwayne ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:16:58 -0700 >From: Thad K Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Walking table, reading and setting hi-liting rows >To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > ** > Dwayne, > > Your original post said you are on version 7.1. I > haven't played with it much, but page 368 of the > Form and Application Objects manual says you can > change the colors of rows in tables based on > selection fields. If you combined that with Fred's > suggestion below, you could set the foreground color > to white and the background color to black when the > status was "Yes". It wouldn't truly be a selected > row, but it would look that way to the user. I > don't know how well that would play out in practice > for what you are doing, but its crazy enough that it > just might work. > Thad Esser > Remedy Developer > "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, > they're yours."-- Richard Bach > > "Grooms, Frederick W" To arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc > Sent by: "Action Request Subject Re: Walking table, > System discussion reading and setting > list(ARSList)" hi-liting rows > <arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> > > 06/18/2008 02:47 PM > > +---------------------+ > | Please respond to | > | arslist@ARSLIST.ORG | > +---------------------+ > > Like I said I could not highlite multiple rows thru > workflow. > > My solution was to do the following: > Add a Display Only field on the form (I used a 3 > character field) > Add this Display Only field as a column in the table > (Yes you can add > Display only fields from the form that holds the > table as columns in the > table). I called my column "Selected" > In your Display workflow do the following > Refresh the table > walk the table > while walking the table > if 'your storage field' like "%" + 'Entry ID > col' + "%" > then set the display only field to "Yes" and > set the column to > "Yes" > else clear the display only field > > I also changed it so that users double click on a > row instead of > multiple selecting and that set's the Selected > column to "Yes" for that > row (If Col = "Yes" clear the col and the Display > Only else set both. > > Fred > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dwayne > Martin > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:45 PM > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > Subject: Re: Walking table, reading and setting > hi-liting rows > > Thank you, Frederick, Andrew and Frank, for your > replies. I got waylaid > and hope we haven't lost our train of thot. > > What I am trying to do is: > 1. Let the user hi-lite some rows in a table. When > the entry is saved, > write a list of hi-lited rows into a field, which is > saved with the > record. > > 2. When the record is displayed, read the field and > use the value in the > field to hi-lite the same rows that were selected in > the previous > session. > > The first step turned out to ridiculously simple. > All I had to do is > have an Active Link call a guide that does a table > loop and "Table Loop > Selected Rows Only," and it creates a neat little > list of hi-lited rows. > > I think Step 2 is impossible. As Frederick has > pointed out "you [can] > not set the highlite on multiple rows thru > workflow," The "Workflow > Objects" 7.1 manual, p223 shows how to select a row > by setting the value > of the table field to the desired row number. But > it says nothing about > selecting multiple rows (ie simulating a > cntrl-click). > > It also appears that you can't even read a table on > Display. My storage > field keeps a list based on an "Entry ID col" field > in the table. I set > up an Active Link to set the table to 0 on Display > (un-hilite the first > row), then call a guide that walks the table, and if > the field where I > was storing the values is "LIKE "%" + $Entry ID col$ > + "%"", display a > message with the value in the "Entry ID col". The > message displayed for > every row, whether the values matched or not, but > the "Entry ID col" > value was null. The table didn't fill till the > messages stopped > displaying, and when it did, the first row was > hi-lited. It appears > that the "Display" Active Links fire before the > tables are filled, so > you really can't get any info from a table when a > record is displayed. > > I am used to telling my customers that "Remedy can > do anything!" But it > looks like I have hit a dead end this time. Could > someone please prove > me wrong. > > Dwayne Martin > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:28:47 -0500 > >From: "Grooms, Frederick W" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Walking table, reading and setting > hi-liting rows > >To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > > > ** > > In 6.3 I tried to do just what Dwayne is wanting > and > > found you could not set the highlite on multiple > > rows thru workflow. I had to settle with making > a > > "Selected" column and displaying that when > > re-displaying the list to the user. > > > > Fred > > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > From: Action Request System discussion > list(ARSList) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank > > Caruso > > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 2:35 PM > > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > Subject: Re: Walking table, reading and setting > > hi-liting rows > > ** I do not have the 7 docs handy but I know > there > > is lot of information in the 6.3 docs about > table > > walking, specifically about what you are asking. > > > > 1. Remedy knows if the row is selected using the > > $ROWSELECTED$ keyword. I believe it even knows > which > > row was selected as the primary and which was > > selected as the secondary. > > > > 2. In order to highlite a row you need to > reference > > the table name and a row number in a set fields > > action. > > > > Page 659 in 6.3 basic guide has everything you > need > > to know. Look for a Workflow Extras section in > the 7 > > docs. > > > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Dwayne Martin > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dear List, > > I am sure this is spelled out very plainly in > the > > documentation, but I can't seem to find it. > > > > I want the user to be able to hi-lite table > rows, > > save the entry, and have those same table rows > > hi-lited when the entry is re-displayed. > > > > So the user will cntl-click several rows to > > hi-lite them. Then on save, an Active Link > Guide > > will walk the table, and if the row is > hi-lited it > > will write the Entry ID for the row into a > Char > > field. > > > > But how does it know if the row is hi-lited? > > > > On Display, another AL Guide will walk the > table, > > and if Char Field is LIKE "%" + 'Entry ID col' > + > > "%" it will hi-lite the row. > > > > But how does it do that? > > > > Actually, I'd be happy if somebody could point > out > > where this is explained in the manual. > > > > (ARS 7.1, RH Linux server, Oracle 10.2 db) > > Dwayne Martin > > James Madison University > > > > __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: > > "Where the Answers Are" html___ __Platinum > Sponsor: > > www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers > Are" > > html___ > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at > www.arslist.org > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where > the Answers Are" > > ***IMPORTANT NOTICE: This communication, including > any attachment, contains information that may be > confidential or privileged, and is intended solely > for the entity or individual to whom it is > addressed. 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