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Thread began 7/31/2012 7:08 am by iainmacdonald331081 | Last modified 7/31/2012 3:30 pm by iainmacdonald331081 | 1540 views | 7 replies |

7/31/2012 7:08 am | #1 iainmacdonald331081

Update Page - Menu field

Am just creating an update page using DB, which is working OK. (Especially liking that its not overwriting file names if their not being updated.)

Should I be able to do this for fields input as drop down menus? I can only see to set the input type as a menu, but not to specify the menu items, or make the default the existing value.

Thanks.

7/31/2012 9:30 am | #2 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

Data Assist create pages will allow you to use data from a relating table in the menu

in the Configure Field settings section, set the field to display as a menu, then click the lightning bolt to select the table that will be used.

if the list uses static information, you will need to populate it after the page has been created.

7/31/2012 10:08 am | #3 iainmacdonald331081

Its just static at the moment.

This is how I have it in other pages:

<select name="Country" id="Country" tabindex="5">
              	  <option value="Botswana" <?php if (!(strcmp("Botswana", KT_escapeAttribute($row_WADAitineraries['Country'])))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>Botswana</option>
              	  <option value="Kenya" <?php if (!(strcmp("Kenya", KT_escapeAttribute($row_WADAitineraries['Country'])))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>Kenya</option>
              	  <option value="Mozambique" <?php if (!(strcmp("Mozambique", KT_escapeAttribute($row_WADAitineraries['Country'])))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>Mozambique</option>
              	  <option value="Namibia" <?php if (!(strcmp("Namibia", KT_escapeAttribute($row_WADAitineraries['Country'])))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>Namibia</option>
              	  <option value="South Africa" <?php if (!(strcmp("South Africa", KT_escapeAttribute($row_WADAitineraries['Country'])))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>South Africa</option>
              	  <option value="Tanzania" <?php if (!(strcmp("Tanzania", KT_escapeAttribute($row_WADAitineraries['Country'])))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>Tanzania</option>
              	  <option value="Uganda" <?php if (!(strcmp("Uganda", KT_escapeAttribute($row_WADAitineraries['Country'])))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>Uganda</option>
              	  <option value="Zambia" <?php if (!(strcmp("Zambia", KT_escapeAttribute($row_WADAitineraries['Country'])))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>Zambia</option>
              	  <option value="Zimbabwe" <?php if (!(strcmp("Zimbabwe", KT_escapeAttribute($row_WADAitineraries['Country'])))) {echo "SELECTED";} ?>>Zimbabwe</option>
           		</select>

But here that is just killing the code - the menu list isn't populated, and no content after the menu list is appearing.

7/31/2012 10:36 am | #4 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

ok, using static values, you have to populate the list after the page is created.

in design view, select the menu, then Click the Dynamic Button in the property inspector.

Populate the list with static options, then for the Select Value equal to setting, click the lightning bolt and select the countries column from the recordset.

7/31/2012 11:04 am | #5 iainmacdonald331081

That gives me:

<select name="Country" id="Country" tabindex="5">
              	  <option value="Botswana" <?php if (!(strcmp("Botswana", $row_WADAitineraries['Country']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Botswana</option>
                  <option value="Kenya" <?php if (!(strcmp("Kenya", $row_WADAitineraries['Country']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Kenya</option>
              	  <option value="Mozambique" <?php if (!(strcmp("Mozambique", $row_WADAitineraries['Country']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Mozambique</option>
              	  <option value="Namibia" <?php if (!(strcmp("Namibia", $row_WADAitineraries['Country']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Namibia</option>
              	  <option value="South Africa" <?php if (!(strcmp("South Africa", $row_WADAitineraries['Country']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>South Africa</option>
              	  <option value="Tanzania" <?php if (!(strcmp("Tanzania", $row_WADAitineraries['Country']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Tanzania</option>
              	  <option value="Uganda" <?php if (!(strcmp("Uganda", $row_WADAitineraries['Country']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Uganda</option>
              	  <option value="Zambia" <?php if (!(strcmp("Zambia", $row_WADAitineraries['Country']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Zambia</option>
              	  <option value="Zimbabwe" <?php if (!(strcmp("Zimbabwe", $row_WADAitineraries['Country']))) {echo "selected=\"selected\"";} ?>>Zimbabwe</option>
                </select>

But its when I go to the update page, it defaults to the first on the list, ie Botswana, rather than the current value for the record.

7/31/2012 11:33 am | #6 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

send a copy of the page please so i can see the entire page code.

7/31/2012 3:29 pm | #7 iainmacdonald331081

Its working now, thanks Jason.

7/31/2012 3:30 pm | #8 iainmacdonald331081

Ignore this.

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