Re: Dynamic Pop Up Menus with Record Value Selected
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1998
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = You've pretty much figured out how to do it. A variation on the following: (assuming that [category] is an incoming form variable)Sometimes there is a conflict with the variable name since the pop-up menu is within a search itself and the variable [catego1] you may want from the outside search not the inside search. With 3.0, you can create a text variable to solve this. In 2.x, you can do the following: [search...] ... [include file=pop.inc&category=[catego1]] ... [/search]file: pop.inc >Hi all, > >I have been used snippet #1 below on an Admin_Add.tpl template to >dynamically create the pop up menus for input when a new product is >added to the database. > >SNIPPET #1 >========== >CATEG01:
> > >I have successfully used snippet #2 on an Admin_Edit.tpl template to >successfully show in a pop up menu the selected menu item for the record >to be edited that is returned by a search. > >SNIPPET #2 >========== >Category: > >I would like to combine the two so that a version of snippet #1 would >create the pop up dynamically AND show the value of the field in the >found record as SELECTED in the pop up menu on the Admin_Edit.tpl >template. > >I've tried several different versions figuring that it required some use >of the [lineIndex] tag. I get the pop up OK, but I don't get the value of >the field as the selected value ind the pop up. > >Can someone steer me in the right direction. > >Jerry Nielsen > >Jerry N. Nielsen Voice: (310)264-2050 >Apple Computer, Inc. Fax: (310)264-2044 >Training Development Executive Cellular: (626)695-2895 >2041 Colorado Avenue - Suite 325 >Santa Monica, CA 90404 > >Learn about Apple products and technologies on the internet. >Sign up for Learn and Earn today at http://training.apple.com/lae/ >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com
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Re: Dynamic Pop Up Menus with Record Value Selected (John Hill 1998)
You've pretty much figured out how to do it. A variation on the following: (assuming that [category] is an incoming form variable)Sometimes there is a conflict with the variable name since the pop-up menu is within a search itself and the variable [catego1] you may want from the outside search not the inside search. With 3.0, you can create a text variable to solve this. In 2.x, you can do the following: [search...] ... [include file=pop.inc&category=[catego1]] ... [/search]file: pop.inc >Hi all, > >I have been used snippet #1 below on an Admin_Add.tpl template to >dynamically create the pop up menus for input when a new product is >added to the database. > >SNIPPET #1 >========== >CATEG01:
> > >I have successfully used snippet #2 on an Admin_Edit.tpl template to >successfully show in a pop up menu the selected menu item for the record >to be edited that is returned by a search. > >SNIPPET #2 >========== >Category: > >I would like to combine the two so that a version of snippet #1 would >create the pop up dynamically AND show the value of the field in the >found record as SELECTED in the pop up menu on the Admin_Edit.tpl >template. > >I've tried several different versions figuring that it required some use >of the [lineIndex] tag. I get the pop up OK, but I don't get the value of >the field as the selected value ind the pop up. > >Can someone steer me in the right direction. > >Jerry Nielsen > >Jerry N. Nielsen Voice: (310)264-2050 >Apple Computer, Inc. Fax: (310)264-2044 >Training Development Executive Cellular: (626)695-2895 >2041 Colorado Avenue - Suite 325 >Santa Monica, CA 90404 > >Learn about Apple products and technologies on the internet. >Sign up for Learn and Earn today at http://training.apple.com/lae/ >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ John A. Hill, V.P. Marketing Pacific Coast Software eCommerce / Web Developer Tools http://www.smithmicro.com
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