Wow...nice work!
I didnt know you were allowed to hack the dialogs like that without
violating the EULA?
Did you get some sort of permission from RedDot for this?
On Oct 14, 11:22 pm, "Henry Lu, Sun Certified Java Programmer"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry folks I wrote it too quickly.
>
> this block
>
> ============
>
> var attributes = new Array("DEFAULT1","DEFAULT2","DEFAULT3");
> for (var i=0; i<attributes.length; i++){
> attributes[i]= new Array();
>
> }
>
> =============
>
> Is not needed and can be chopped off.
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Henry Lu, Sun Certified Java Programmer <
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Like anything else in RedeDot CMS, data transaction is a bunch of RQL. Data
> > capture is done in simple html forms.
>
> > The attribute entry is no exception. All you need to hack is the
> > RDEditFileAttributes.htm file in "C:\Program
> > Files\RedDot\CMS\ASP\Mediacatalog" folder.
>
> > This simple form pre-populate the attribute values from what is stored in
> > DB. When submit button is clicked, the form in turn captures the attribute
> > entries, new or old and store them back in DB.
>
> > The default field type is "text" -- that causes all your grief. You want
> > <select> with a bunch of option list.
>
> > Here are the steps to do the conversion:
>
> > 1)Use your attribute names in a js script to define the affilaited values.
> > (Of course, this is corny. When you want to get fancy, you can have a server
> > side or javascript read an external xml file that associates the attributes
> > with their respective values.)
>
> > Something like this:
>
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > var attributes = new Array("DEFAULT1","DEFAULT2","DEFAULT3");
> > for (var i=0; i<attributes.length; i++){
> > attributes[i]= new Array();
> > }
>
> > var attributes = new Object();
> > attributes["DEFAULT1"]=new
> > Array("attr1_value1","attr1_value2","attr1_value3","attr1_value4");
> > attributes["DEFAULT2"]=new
> > Array("attr2_value1","attr2_value2","attr2_value3","attr2_value4");
> > attributes["DEFAULT3"]=new
> > Array("attr3_value1","attr3_value2","attr3_value3","attr3_value4");
>
> > listOptions=function(x){
> > var optionStr='<option value="" selected>--Select One --</option>';
> > for (var i=0; i<attributes[x].length; i++){
> > optionStr+='<option
> > value="'+attributes[x][i]+'">'+attributes[x][i]+'</option>\n';
> > }
> > document.write(optionStr);
> > }
> > </script>
>
> > 2)Change the form field input type from "text" to "select"
>
> > <!--ioStart Write-->
> > <tr>
> > <td class="label" width="41%"><img border="0"
> > src="../Icons/Mediaattribut.gif" align="absmiddle" width="16" height="16">
> > <%AttributeName%>
> > </td>
> > <td width="59%">
> > <select name="<%FormFieldName%>" id="Text2" style="width:150px;">
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > listOptions("<%AttributeName%>");
> > for(var i=0; i<document.ioForm.<%FormFieldName%>.options.length; i++){
> > if
> > (document.ioForm.<%FormFieldName%>.options[i].value=="<%AttributeValue%>"){
> > document.ioForm.<%FormFieldName%>.selectedIndex=i;
> > break;
> > }
> > }
> > </script>
> > </select>
> > <!--<input type="text" name="<%FormFieldName%>" size="50" id="Text2">-->
> > <SCRIPT
> > language="JAVASCRIPT">document.ioForm.<%FormFieldName%>.options[document.ioForm.<%FormFieldName%>.selectedIndex].value=unescape("<%AttributeValue%>");</SCRIPT>
> > </td>
> > </tr>
> > <!--ioEnd Write-->
>
> > Then load the file to its original location and you are in business.
>
> > I've attached the modified htm file and the screenshot of the pull-downs
> > are like when run.
>
> > ============
>
> > Like any hack to RedDot, back up the normal file first before hacking. This
> > hack is a "shallow" one. It does not have much risk but -- I've got to put
> > the disclaimer here: use at your own risk.
>
> > If you want to use it but are not sure how to go about it, feel free to
> > contact me.
>
> > Henry Lu
>
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Gavin Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> Sorry, it's not possible to enter anything other than text for the
> >> mandatory attributes on asset managers. Maybe put in a feature request
> >> to RedDot for this.
>
> >> Cheers,
>
> >> Gavin
>
> >> On 10/15/08, RedDotDan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >> > I'm still learning RedDot so this may be a dumb question or the answer
> >> > may be over my head, but I'm hoping it's neither. When a user uploads
> >> > a file into asset manager, we sometimes force them to fill in file
> >> > attributes. But when we do, the user is presented with a text box to
> >> > fill in whatever they want. Is there a way to make those drop-down
> >> > lists so that we get common attribute descriptions throughout the
> >> > asset library?
>
> >> > We have a library search function now where users can search by
> >> > attributes, but the results returned are rarely accurate since users
> >> > are not always required to fill in atributes and since atribute
> >> > descriptions are not consistent across all the files. I think adding
> >> > ddl during file upload would improve our search results going forward.
>
> >> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Dan
>
> >> --
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