[ic] What Does it Take to Create Wizards

[Zack Johnson]

Many thanks!  Once I downloaded 'te' (which I could only on Google's cache:
http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:vf5RIgpu40Q:www.akopia.com/~jon/te+Jon+
interchange+te+editor&hl=en), it was a piece of cake.  I found Ed's thread
on the maillist index
(http://interchange.redhat.com/pipermail/interchange-users/2001-September/01
2496.html).

Does [table-editor] in the non-wizard context have anything like the
'widget.airport_code' and 'passed.airport_code' that shows up in the
Commerce Launcher?  Specifically, I built a State field, and populate the
'select' from the table 'state', but I want to limit the entries to 'US'.  I
would also like to sort my airport codes by 'name', since right now it's a
mess.  I suppose I could drop the table, sort it, and re-import it, but I
don't want to take the long way around unless it's necessary.

Thanks again!

Zack


----- Original Message -----
From: <mheins@redhat.com>
To: <interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: [ic] What Does it Take to Create Wizards


> Quoting Zack Johnson (zack@office.standardprinting.net):
> > > The main part of the wizard is the [table-editor ...] tag with
> > > the wizard option selected. I have never gotten to documenting
> > > the table-editor UserTag, but it is what the UI uses for editing
> > > DB stuff.
> >
> > I would say [table-editor] is perhaps the best IC's best feature, from a
> > customization POV. I can't tell you enough how much of a boon the it is.
> > While I have little idea what I'm doing with it, it's speeding my
catalogue
> > development significantly.  I hate to keep pestering, but the tool is
> > unbelievably powerful.
> >
>
> Flattery will get you everywhere. 8-}
>
> > I've created a new table in mysql.  Call it 'foo'.  I have already
created a
> > page to input records to foo.  I'm now trying to use mv_metadata to
control
> > the display of the [table-editor].
> >
> > For example, I have a table containing all airport codes called (ahem!):
> > airport_codes.  There are two fields, airport_code and name.  I would
like
> > to setup mv_metadata::foo::airport_code to create a select box with
> > value=label pairs from 'airport_codes'.  That way, when I use
table-editor
> > on foo, I get a nice display with filters, etc.
>
> That should be easy. Ed LaFrance asked about this last week but Ht::Dig
may
> not have indexed them yet. To review:
>
> mv_metadata.asc (in Jon's te editor style):
>
> code:foo::airport_code
> type:select
> db:airport_codes
> lookup:airport_code,name
>
> Also, a little trick is that you really only need one field in
> mv_metadata -- extended. (Besides code, of course). That entry would be:
>
> code:foo::airport_code
> extended:{ type => 'select', db => 'airport_codes', lookup =>
'airport_code,name' }
>
> At one point, I started putting together a document about mv_metadata, but
> it gave me the idea for the [table-editor] tag and I got distracted. 8-\
> I attached where I was to this message.
>
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