I can't figure out how to make a field autocomplete in ATK.
I guess it has something to do with the type "reference" but still not sure.
Suppose I'm looking for a client name in a "line" type field, then the autocomplete should list me all/topXX matching names.
Scenario 1:
Once I hit [Enter] I'd need all that row from DB loaded in a form fields so I can edit the record.
I guess this requires getting the client ID first then posting to an "edit" page then calling "loadData()" method for that ID and populate fields.
Scenario 2:
I'm assignig a job request to a client. First I find the client then I could store its ID in a hidden field to be posted then.
Any advice?
TIA
I would suggest you to go with 2 forms. First form with a single field, and when field is changed it automatically reloads second form including the parameter.
You will also need an autocomplete field. Autocomplete is somewhat buggy in 4.0, but it have been polished up in 4.1 by using a technique in http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete/#combobox
For use with models and controllers and also dropdown, example is here:
http://codepad.agiletoolkit.org/reloadform
Alternative example:
http://demo.atk4.com/demo.html?t=22
Since 4.1, you can also use autocomplete fields instead of reference:
$form1->addField('autocomplete','user');
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Hi: I am looking at the standard SAPUI 5 Smart Field demo:
https://sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/#/sample/sap.ui.comp.sample.smartfield/preview
I would like a field with a value helper, such as Currency on this screen, which displays the field description inside the input box instead of the field id.
Example:
Change the Category field from combo into a value helper (popup)
Get the field to display the CategoryName - or from the related table the LTXT field instead of the ID.
HowTo
That is easy: delete the line
from the metadata.xml file.
??? I have tried many, many things.
I doubt that anyone will reply, because there is most probably no good answer.I do not find this good functionality.
I think that I will need to change my ID field values for popup (value helper) fields to Description (ID) . Description need not be unique (one can have two relations to the same company with different ID's.)
By doing this we also "fix" the problem with the search ODATA command which searches the ID field. Of course users will want to search the descriptions.
In general SAPUI's value helper is not great. It is normal practice to use numerical ID's and descriptive descriptions. The description should be displayed and searched and not the ID. I found their filter generator on the popup screen nice - it is not all doom.
We implement in our GWT/GXT project displays that contain in most cases a filter form and a grid to show the filtered data. Displays are implemented with UiBinder and the "Gwt Editor Framework".
The user wants to have validations on the filter form. To do the validation we use JSR303 bean validation. The validation must apply on each change of a field in a filter form. The user wants also to have a kind of automatic fill a field based on the input in a second field (lets say a number range from and to). That works all perfect - but...
We struggle in a particular situation:
The user starts to type in some data in the filter form.
He puts a wrong value in a field that has to be parsed into a date (for example).
He continues typing into following fields which then cause an automatic prefill of a second field.
The result is currently, that the wrong value he typed into the date field is removed and the violation message as well.
Our current implementation will do a flush() to get the values the user typed in already. After that we fill a attribute in the model (based on the input) and do an edit(model). If there are some violation messages because of a wrong input in a different field in that filter form, the value is removed. That happens on field that need a parse (date, time, number).
The question is now:
Is there a way to keep the wrong value and the violation message as well?
Thank you for any replay!
I am using the Formula package from the Iliad web framework in Pharo. I have a model object which have a first attribute and then one to three other attributes depending of the value of the first one.
I built a form with ILFormula but couldn't find methods in Formula to change the displayed input based on changed value on the first field.
So I believe I need to add an event on the first field and do it directly but I am not sure where to begin to that within the Iliad framework.
I'll keep this as clear as I can:
My database has two tables:
Clients
Contacts
They have a relationship: For each client (Which is a company, for your understanding) there can be any number of related contacts.
The database has three relevant forms:
SearchFrm
NavigationFrm
ContactsSubFrm
SearchFrm is a form that reads from the Clients table, and has a combo box that, according to chosen record (name), displays all it's other fields in their respective text boxes.
Inside SearchFrm, ContactsSubFrm appears as a datasheet subform, that displays all contacts related to the chosen record in the form, (using a query of Contacts.[Workplace ID])=[Forms]![SearchFrm]![ID]
NavigationFrm serves as a means of navigation between forms. For now, it's only for SearchFrm, but more will come.
And now, the problem: The query that ContactsSubFrm runs doesn't work inside NavigationFrm, when run, I get an input window for [Forms]![SearchFrm]![ID] every time it's suppose to run. This only happens inside navigation.
I'm pretty sure this is because the SearchFrm form itself is closed, and has a problem working through a navigation form, but I can't think of a solution.
Thank you very much.
I was looking for the answer to the same question, so I thought I'd put my solution here in case anyone else comes looking for it...
As stated above, you have to reference the field within your form within your navigation form in your query (as opposed to just the field within your originally created form.)
The best way to do this is:
Open your navigation form.
Open any other form.
Access the expression builder from the other form.
Find the field in your navigation form that you need to reference. Mine looked something like this:
Forms![NavigationForm]![NavigationSubform].Form![Field]
Copy and paste into your query
Since your form moved location (now inside a navigation form), You could try to modify your query from: [Forms]![SearchFrm]![ID] to: [Forms]![NavigationFrm]![SearchFrm]![ID]
I solved this by changing the reference in the query itself to
[forms]![frmNavigationForm]![NavigationSubform].[Form]![ID]
On a form, I have a combobox, with the RowSource coming from a query (specifically, a calculated field in the query). When the user makes a selection, I want to update a label on the same form with a different column from that same query, but of course associated to the selection.
I'm fine with VBA and writing queries and whatnot, but I am not very familiar with Access forms.
By the way, I tried searching for an answer to this, but it was quite difficult because I don't know what this thing is really called that I am trying to do. A good link to a site explaining this would be perfectly fine (no need to write a bunch of stuff here if it already exists elsewhere).
In the After Update event of my combo box, cboUserID, I can set a label control, lblFoo, to the value of the second column in the selected row of the combo.
Me.lblFoo.Caption = Me.cboUserID.Column(1)
If your combo box is bound to a field in the form's record source, you may want to do that same operation from the form's On Current event also.
You can use the column property to refer to anything other than the bound column of a combo.
Rowsource: SELECT ID, SName, FName FROM Table
Me.MyCombo.Column(2)
This would return FName.
-- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa224084(v=office.11).aspx
Me.MyLabel.Caption = Me.MyCombo.Column(2)