BrowseDialog - How to show in list the value of other table

Juan Carlos Pazos — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:37:36 GMT

I have a BrowseDialog properly configurated and working fine.

My question is if it's possible show a value in one column that comes from another related table.

Example:

I have a Countries table and a States table, each one has a unique ID and a text field, in the states maintenance form I add a BrowseDialog and add two search fields, one is a combo that retieves the names of the countries and another a text box for the name of the states.

Both works fine. What I want is in the list result, I want to show the name of the country because actually has the ID and the name of the city.

Thanks in advance for your valuable help.

Regards

RE: BrowseDialog - How to show in list the value of other table

Edhy Rijo — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:37:36 GMT

[quote][b]Juan Carlos Pazos (06/14/2008)[/b][hr]Hi

What I want is in the list result, I want to show the name of the country because actually has the ID and the name of the city.

Thanks in advance for your valuable help.

Regards[/quote]

Hi Juan Carlos,

Sure you can. In the main StatesBO create a Custom Property CountryName, this property will have code to get the country name based on the StateBO.CountryFK, then in the Dialog Browser add the CountryName property to be shown in the ListView. Of course, first re-build the BO library project or the solution so the new property will show up in the designers.

Here is a sample pseudo code that will get you started...

[quote][codesnippet]

Protected Overrides Function GetCustomBindablePropertyDescriptors() As FieldPropertyDescriptor()

' Create and return a new array of FieldPropertyDescriptor objects that contains

' the ReflectionPropertyDescriptor for the Custom Fields.

Return New FieldPropertyDescriptor() _

{New ReflectionPropertyDescriptor("CountryName", GetType(StatesBO))}

End Function

''' <summary>

''' This property will return the Insurance Company Name

''' </summary>

''' <value></value>

''' <returns></returns>

''' <remarks></remarks>

<Browsable(False), _

BusinessFieldDisplayInEditor(), _

Description("Country Name"), _

DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)> _

Public ReadOnly Property [CountryName]() As System.String

Get

If String.IsNullOrEmpty(Me.FK_Country) Then

Return String.Empty

End If

Dim loLookupBO As New CountryBO

loLookupBO.FillByPrimaryKey(Me.FK_Country)

If loLookupBO.Count = 1 Then

Return loLookupBO.CountryName

Else

Return String.Empty

End If

End Get

End Property

[/codesnippet][/quote]

There are a lot information about Custom Field Properties in the help file and in these forums, so please check it out for better technical understanding. This is just another feature I fall in love to :P

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