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Change autosearchfield caption

edited April 2009 in RAP
Hi,

The text used in the autosearchdialog is created dynamically. Part of it is
the field alias.
When the autosearchfield is some kind of an expression e.g. extract(month
from somedate), the generated caption is sometimes getting misleading. Is it
possible to customize the text from RAP in these cases?

If not could it be considered so we can set the captions from
OnInitializeParameters() or some other (new) event?

Using RB11.03 / D7

Regards,
Jeroen.

Comments

  • edited April 2009
    Hi Jeroen,

    The current best way to do this would be to create a custom autosearch
    dialog or manually change the field alias in DADE.

    Thanks for the suggestion, we will consider adding the ability to change the
    dialog caption for a later release.

    --
    Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best Regards,

    Nico Cizik
    Digital Metaphors
    http://www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited April 2009

    With RB 11.03 you can solve this without writing any code. The key is to use
    Parameters - which allow a tremendous amount of control and flexibility over
    autosearch behavior by setting properties.

    Use the Design workspace to create and configure Parameters. Parameters have
    a DataType, Name, as well as LookupSettings and AutoSearchSettings. The
    AutoSearchSettings properties can be used to specify the FieldAlias and
    SearchOperator.

    Once you have defined the parameters, then from the Data workspace you can
    bind the query search conditions to the parameters.



    --
    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best regards,

    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com
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