Re: Forms 4.5 Static LOV ?????

Were the bugs with list items you you talked about GPFs and sometimes having the list fail to drop down? I ran into those (only on dynamically populated ones) and would appreciate any workarounds you may have found. I ended up going back to just LOVs even though some of my customers hate them.

Thanks,
Lewis

elkinsl_at_flash.net (LGE) wrote:

>Sean Kubovcik <rbtkubo1_at_ix.netcom.com> wrote:
 

>>I would like to know how to make a STATIC LOV field. I have a set of
>>values that I want to be displayed and validated for a specific field.
>>I used a poplist but it looks different then my other dynamic LOV's, so,
>>I want to create a static LOV to match the others. Any assistance will
>>be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>>Sean
 

>You can do the following for a static LOV:
 

>1) Create a new record group
>2) Choose the Static Values radio button
>3) Press OK
>4) In the Column Names box, assign a column name
>5) In the Column Values box, assign the static values.
>6) Repeat 4 and 5 for multiple columns and sets of values
>6) Click OK
>7) Create a new LOV
>8) Choose the Existing Record Group radio button
>9) Click the Select button
>10) Choose the RG you just created
>11) Click OK
>12) Specify the column(s) mapping.
>13) Associate the LOV with an item.
 

>By the way, you *can* dynamically populate list items (though I have
>encountered some bugs I have had to create work-arounds for). Check
>out the POPULATE_GROUP, POPULATE_GROUP_WITH_QUERY, and POPULATE_LIST
>built-ins. I agree with what you are getting at -- for consistency
>sake, use just LOV's or just list items (I use list items; but, I am
>giving up the better auto-reduction feature that LOV's provide).
 

>Larry G. Elkins
>elkinsl_at_flash.net
Received on Sat Aug 31 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST