Thanks Jody. 4D's progress is actually quite stunning this last few years.
The downside is that, at least here in Belgium, it is hard to get the required training in order to master all of that. So, I get stuck quite a lot lately with ORDA, 4D Write pRo, 4D for iOS and all the other new stuff. Reading the docs and looking at the examples only get you so far… But I’m sure we will get there in the end. Regards, Rudy Mortier Two Way Communications bvba > On 24 Sep 2018, at 16:57, Jody Bevan via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry Rudy, not an answer to your question, but topical I think. > > Being able to create a sophisticated form via code is a fantastic feature. It > is like the coding I did back in 1982/1983. Back when I first got my hands on > my own copy of 4D version 2.0.10 the Graphical form editor was such a > liberating way of creating forms, compared to the way I needed to do it in > Pascal. > > This really is a great feature, but my hope is that this is just a necessary > 1st step to being able to create a form using the normal 4D Form Editor, Form > Method, Object Methods and then be able to save them as ‘text’ that can then > be sent to clients. > > We have often had the need to send multiple forms to different clients for > them to run. Then the client needs / forced to (by regulations) have a new > version of the form. That is great, but they still have lots of data that > they collect via the old form and need to be able to display that data in the > form they used at the time. > > In the last major application we did, we have ~ 10,000 forms with each client > having about 150 of them. Each client though would have a different set of > forms. When 4D announced this feature I hoped that it will lead to fulfilling > this need. Then as 4D developers we can provide a rich, consistent interface > within the product rather than having to resort to forms in WebAreas, PDFs, > etc. This will help us 4D developers stick within our expertise of 4D and be > more productive. > > Jody Bevan > Argus Development Inc. > > >> On Sep 24, 2018, at 8:44 AM, Two Way Communications via 4D_Tech >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I can’t figure out how to do this … >> >> Using a dynamic form, I am trying to build a generic list of records to >> display to the user and to allow him to select 1 record. >> >> I used the example from the tech note on how to create a dynamic form that >> shows a listbox. >> >> To build this $form object variable, the commands New object and others are >> used. >> >> This listbox object is added to the $page object in the $form object, which >> will be used in the DIALOG command. >> >> >> $obj:=New object("type";"listbox";"listboxType";"collection";\ >> "dataSource";$colName;"left";0;"top";0;"width";$width+15;"height";$height) >> >> >> >> $page:=New object("objects";New object("myListBox";$obj)) $form:=New >> object(“pages";New collection(Null;$page)) >> >> $form:=New object("windowTitle";"Select a >> Map:";"windowMinWidth";500;"windowMinHeight";300;"pages";New >> collection(Null;$page)) >> >> Now, this dynamic form only shows a listbox, and I want to add a button to >> the form. I assume this button object has to be added to the ‘Objects’ >> object in $page. >> >> But, how do I do that? I tried object arrays and collections, but neither of >> them produces the correct result. >> >> >> Secondly, the listbox displays an entity selection. How do I get the row >> number that has been selected? >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Rudy Mortier >> Two Way Communications bvba >> > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
