Re: Pop-up List of Values defaults

In article <30NOV199313493329_at_erich.triumf.ca> grant_at_erich.triumf.ca (Peter A. Grant) writes:

   I don't see how to control this since I'm using the package List_Values,    unless I write my own version with plain old pop-up windows.

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   Others run into this? What have you done?

Peter,

The first problem we found with the default LOV's was in easily allowing the user to query on fields other than the code they were selecting. To get around this, we use CALL_QUERY to invoke a form for selecting the value. This has proven to be very flexible. By invoking a form rather than a pop-up, custom LOV's are easily shareable across forms. The other cool thing is we can generate the LOV form and the calling triggers in CASE.

Recently, we decided to use the CALL_QUERY method for all LOV's to ensure a consistent user interface. It is a little more work, but I users appreciate having the consistency.

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