[ic] Custom types in transactions::status field

[Steve Palm]

On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 09:39  PM, Mike Heins wrote:
> Quoting Steve Palm (stevep@sga.org):
>> On Thursday, April 10, 2003, at 05:03  PM, Mike Heins wrote:
>>> Quoting Steve Palm (stevep@sga.org):
>>>>
>>>>   However, when using the order_view to see the full order, the
>>>> Status:
>>>> is blank.  The code for this in the UI is:
>>>>
>>>> <B>[L]Status[/L]:<B> [page href=__UI_BASE__/order_status
>>>> form="order=[loop-code]
>>>> "]
>>>>                  [display    table=transactions
>>>>                              column=status
>>>>                              key="[loop-code]"
>>>>                              arbitrary=order_view
>>>>                  ]</A>
>>>>
>>>> However, it only works properly if I use the types that were
>>>> pre-defined in the metadata.
>>>>
>>>> What am I overlooking here?
>>>
>>> Try removing the "arbitrary=order_view".
>>
>>   okay, that let's something show, but it shows a drop-down box 
>> instead
>> of the hyperlinked text it used to show.
>>
>>   i confess i don't have a clue what removing that did, or i may have
>> thought of it myself, so i really don't have a clue how to proceed.
>
> These are normal Interchange widget types. You want "display". Try:
>
>                   [display    table=transactions
>                               column=status
>                               key="[loop-code]"
>                               type=display
>                   ]
>
> That displays the label associated with a selected value.

  Brilliant!  Thanks!

  Now, is there a place to modify this so that it stores a "user copy" 
of the
  admin UI page, and not the master, or should I just overwrite the 
master
  copy?

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Steven Palm
Slavic Gospel Association - Loves Park - IL - USA
stevep@sga.org
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