Add fields to top of list page in RTC

Shaggs

We have a client who need to be able to filter on a few specific fields in the customer list quickly. The standard functionality kind of does this (You can expand the filter section, and add filters till you have thet specific fields, and use that all day).

My great idea was to add a few text boxes to the top of the customer list page, and make those update the filter fields. I havnt had any luck in doing this - I am able to get some fields there, but they are always non-editable.

Alternatively, I could use the standard filtering functionality, if I could force a number of standard fields to already be set up to filter.

Can anyone suggest how I can do either of these? Or another way to do what I'm trying to do?

Thans.

AdrianAkers

Are you filtering on a value entered by the user, such as Text or Code? If so then I would say that you should try and get them to use the standard filtering in the RTC.

If you are filtering on a boolean value or option value then the filters could be placed in an Action Pane Group on an Action Pane. You could then code the OnAction trigger.

Apart from that I'd try and get them to use the standard filtering...

Ade

Shaggs

AdrianAkers wrote:

Are you filtering on a value entered by the user, such as Text or Code? If so then I would say that you should try and get them to use the standard filtering in the RTC.

If you are filtering on a boolean value or option value then the filters could be placed in an Action Pane Group on an Action Pane. You could then code the OnAction trigger.

Apart from that I'd try and get them to use the standard filtering...

Ade

The problem with the standard filtering, is each time they open the page, it forgets the filters it was using last time. As they want thet same 4 fields visible (they use the same filters all day, every day), they will probably not be to happy about having to set them at the start of every day.

This is the solution I'm leaning towards - giving them standard and getting them to deal with it. I'm just hoping there is a better solution.

AdrianAkers

Have you tried setting the SaveValues property to Yes on the Page in question... I think this might then save the filters they applied in the Page Data Personalization table...

Shaggs

I'm making some progress here. If I make a page of type worksheet, and make the department Administration (in the menu) so it opens up in edit mode, it works more to my liking. One of the big problems before is that I was trying the standard customer list page, or making a ne one and putting it in the same department (Lists), where it always opened up in non-edit mode.

This is really a tad frustrating that something so seemingly minor can change the behaviour so much!

absolutelyfreeweb

you can also use tasks instead of administration btw, it opens a window for the page in editable mode...

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