Worked like a charm!! Greatly appreciated John. Thanks!
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 1:59 PM, John <[email protected]> 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 > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
