Field select list id=0

Technical Q&A
1

Hi,

In a data-bound select list, which uses an integer id for the value, the displayed value is 0 when the user has not selected a value yet.

Is it possible to force display of a blank when the value is zero?

I don’t want to have to add {id:0, display:“”} records to all my bound data tables to handle this situation.

I was hoping I could manually add {id:0, display:“”} to each select list that needs one, and then data-bind also.

In the .NET world they call it “append databound items”.

Thanks,
Mike

SmartClient Version: SC_SNAPSHOT-2011-01-05/LGPL Deployment (built 2011-01-05)

2

Hi,

The new web site looks great.

Any ideas on this question?

Thanks,
Mike

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4

Is is possible to do this type of combo of databound select options and manual ones?

If not, what do you suggest for handling the following situation:

For example, I have a Rush code table used for the select list:

ID
1 - Five Day rush
2 - Two Day rush
3 - Overnight

But the customer’s order has a 0 in the rush field initially. So a 0 is displayed in the select list, when really, I want a blank to show instead. Or “Please select”.

When I write my own html, I can add a few hard-coded options before reading data, to handle the 0 case.

But I’m not sure how to do it in SmartClient.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

5

Hi,

Any suggestions?

SC 8.0 is now deployed in our production system, so I’m hoping to take care of these items.

Thanks,
Mike

6

Mike, we jump in when we can, but if you’re worried about a production system, you should really buy commercial support.