Matt,
Thanks for the follow up. You are absolutely correct, you can even
dynamically set text with workflow in Ver 5.0 and control the display
characteristics of the character field including removing the annoying
box around the character field, setting the field to display as text
only, and controlling the Expand Icon on the right of the field.
If the text you set into the field is a (valid) URL then the User can use
the link to bring up a browser as well.
Oh, you now have the ability to set the Label (FONT) and the Text field
(FONT) when designing, individually !! Unfortunately you still are
restricted
to only the standard Admin font field selections.
Very cool stuff.
Regards...Gidd
-----Original Message-----
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:ARSLIST@LISTSERV.VISTAIT.COM]On Behalf Of Black, Matt
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 6:54 AM
To: ARSLIST@LISTSERV.VISTAIT.COM
Subject: Re: Dynamic Text Boxes..?
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Thad,
In V5 there is a "field property" to show a (character only? Not
sure about that.) field as "Text". With Gidd's suggestion and a V5 ARS
server and client you can get what you are after.
--
Carey Matthew Black
-----Original Message-----
From: Gidd Calden [mailto:gidd@ATTBI.COM]
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 4:32 PM
To: ARSLIST@LISTSERV.VISTAIT.COM
Subject: Re: Dynamic Text Boxes..?
Thad,
Create a character field, you decide the size.
Create an Active Link that does a Set Field action
Execute on Display (or your choice)
Select the Form that has the text field you want to display
Set Field Action
Form User
Set the field
'zText'
"Welcome " + $USER$
Set permissions and save it.
Open the form and the field will display Welcome Thad
You can also use the User's Full Name field or any field from the User form
for that matter.
Hope this helps.
Regards...Gidd
-----Original Message-----
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:ARSLIST@LISTSERV.VISTAIT.COM]On Behalf Of Thad Esser
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 2:47 PM
To: ARSLIST@LISTSERV.VISTAIT.COM
Subject: Dynamic Text Boxes..?
Hello,
Being fairly new to AR Development, I am curious as to if & how you would
set up a text box to display a dynamic message? I would like to display
something like "Welcome $USER$" on a form, but I just get the literal $USER$
instead of the value of $USER$. A read only charater field with the label
"Welcome" and a default value of $USER$ looks kind of kludgy. Any
suggestions?
Thanks,
Thad
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