Worked like a charm!!
Greatly appreciated John.
Thanks!
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 1:59 PM, John <jfabi...@yolo.com> wrote:
> On Friday 17 July 2009 11:33:54 am Carey Gagnon wrote:
> > Ok, I have now got the drop down populating properly with all error
> message
> > gone. Everything is saving to the database properly as well.
> > Here's the appropriate section of the cdxml file:
> >
> > <dDropdownList sizerInfo="{'RowSpan': 1, 'ColSpan': 1, 'HAlign': 'Left',
> > 'ColExpand': True}" Keys="[u'0', u'1',
> u'2',
> > u'3']" rowColPos="(5, 1)" Choices="[u'-Select-',
> > u'AL', u'TX', u'WA']"
> > designerClass="controlMix" DataSource="clients"
> > DataField="stateprov"></dDropdownList>
> >
> >
> > I added the following line to the bizobj file which stopped the
> > "String must be present in the choices" error:
> >
> > self.DefaultValues = {"stateprov": "-Select-"}
> >
> > My Question now (looking at the cdxml snippet), is there anyway to
> display
> > the full name of the state in the drop down list, but save the
> abbreviation
> > to the database on self.Form.save()
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Carey
>
> Of course - this is Dabo after all.
>
> In general listCtrl controls have two 'ValueMode" s. Using the 'key'
> or 'string'. The default is to use string value in the choices list. But
> you
> can change it to "ValueMode = key"
>
> So now you need to set the key and choices to match each other.
>
> In your form select the dropdown control. Copy your "Choices" ( I assume
> they
> are similar to ['CA','WA','TX',...]) and put it into the 'Keys'. Now set
> the
> choices similar to ['California', 'Washington', 'Texas', ....]. Just make
> sure they match. Next set the 'ValueMode' from 'string' to 'key'.
>
> Recall you will need to do something with the None value. I always use '0'
> as
> my key for a None value.
> Johnf
>
>
>
>
>
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