FWIW I solved the problem like this:

created view for BD bov_Symbology that includes the column mykey which concats the 2 char and 2 datetime columns to a 24 char string mykey

This BD fills that view with its result. 

In browse diaglog closed I grab mykey from the results into List<string> .  That goes to FillbyStringList(List<string> pklist) fill menthod of the bo_Symbology, which also has a customfield property mykey which does the same concat in its accessor

The List<string> is built into a datatable and passed to a stored procedure which has a param that accepts a previously defined Table Valued Parameter ( see my explanation of this technique in User Updates and Samples)

It returns all rows where the 4 columns concatenated make = the char(24) value of the TVP row. ( using a join is easiest)

I have a TVP in the database for int keys as well. 

This is the best way I have found to work around what I see as some major shortcoming of the BD.

Tried using a view with the extra column for the BD, but when it does a select for the main BO it still does not create that column.

Am I really being that thick?  I want a calculated column in a BO to persist after a BD gets records.

I am going to try the approach I outline below but I would still appreciate any insight on how to get data from a BD without redefining the structure of the currentdatatable back to the SQL table defined columns

In my biggest SF app to get around this problem I grab the PKs of the BD result, create a datatable that I pass to tablevalued parameter in an SP to get my records ( posted how to do this in user contributed samples a couple years ago. )

Works great for a single key.  The problem here is that I have a compound key ... so as i am writing this, it occurs to me that since I have the mykey in my BD result I can use that single value to pass in as a TVP to an SP that will return my records - and will have the row !

Will report my results.

On another note, you have two options on the checkbox on the date field.  Create an InfoPanel, which gives you access to the browse dialog window in which you could actually set this yourself.  The second option is for me to make a change to allow this as a new feature...which would require a new build and access to new releases.  I would go with #1 if I were you right now.

On the BrowseDialog, use a custom view to populate the BO.  This should come back as part of the results.  You can also fill from it as well.  The contents of the browse dialog don't necessarily reflect what comes back if you build custom fields within the dialog.  Another option is to create the field when you come out of the browse in the data table itself.  I have done this before.  Just write a method that checks to see if the data column exists within the BO.  If not, create it.

if(!MyBO.CurrentDataTable.Columns.Contains("MyField"))
{
    DataColumn col = new("MyField", typeof(string));
    col.DefaultValue = string.Empty;
    MyBO.CurrentDataTable.Columns.Add(col);
}

Thanks, I'll try that.

Regarding adding the column :

I called a fill method on the BO in parentformloading and saw the mykey column was now part of the currentdatatable.  The problem is that after calling the browse dialog, the currentdatatable no longer had the row.  BD creates it's own fillmethod.  How do I make sure the browse dialog either has that column or does not clobber the existing column?

Craate a view with the extra column, let the BD use that but still have the main BO get the column as I am doing with the dummy fillmethod?

Charles, call the Refresh on the BO to refresh the controls on the page.  That updates the bindings and refreshes the contents.

Hi Charles,
We have to have the whole picture in order to give you the faster, shorter advice.

Lets recap:

1. You have Browser Dialog (BD) which will return one or several records.
2. After selecting the record you want to work with from the BD, you will show those records in a ListView in the form?
3. You want the ListView in the form to autonavigate its BO using your Custom Field Property (CFP)

If the above is correct, in which step are you having issues?

Edhy Rijo

Thanks Trent.  ( and please see other question re datetime searchfields being checked by default )

This column does not currently exist, so I see where I need to add it.  I am not pulling any data initailly but letting the bd handle it.  i had thought of creating a fill method on the BO

Select *, space(24) as mykey from Symbology where 1 = 2

and call it in parentformloading just to get the structure.  I did try it at one point but I may have had something else screwed up. 

Listview is working fine.  and I see mykey there.

Currently, since I don't have the column, I'm doing this which isn't working out so well as it does not seem to be refreshing the controls on the form.

I would much prefer seek, so I will try again to add the column to the BO.  I guess my confusion is that the BD is creating the SQL select, so I'm not seeing how to use an SP or other fill method to change the structure of datatable of the BO.  I have done it directly, but I am not veyr good an manipulating the BD.

private void lvSymbology_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

ListView lv = (ListView)sender;

if (!(lv.FocusedItem == null) && lv.Items.Count > 0)

{

string _mykey = lv.FocusedItem.SubItems[13].Text.Trim();

string _name = lv.FocusedItem.SubItems[2].Text;

//boiSource100Symbology1.CurrentView.Sort = "mykey";

//boiSource100Symbology1.CurrentView.Find(_mykey);

foreach (boiSource100Symbology bo in boiSource100Symbology1.GetEnumerable())

{

if (bo.mykey == _mykey)

{

string myname = bo.Name;

int idx = boiSource100Symbology1.CurrentRowIndex;

this.Refresh();

return;

}

}

}

OK.  A couple of things.  First, you are right in that this issomething that you can do several different ways.  To begin, there are a couple of things that Ineed to know.

1. Is your CFP an actual field in the table or are you doing this as acustom field?
2. If it is something stored in the table (or at least as a field in the datatable within the BO) then you can seek on it using the BO methods.

 So assuming that you have an actual field built within the BO that doeshave your CFP, then you can seek on it. That is the first thing that you need to get working before worryingabout the list.  The list is the easypart.  If you are just using the CFP as acustom field in the BO that DOESN’T have an actual field in the BO behind it,then you need to get that taken care of first. It doesn’t have to exist in the table in the database, but just in theDataTable in the BO.  The easiest way todo this would be to return it as part of a result set from a SPROC.

 Once you get here, it should be pretty smooth sailing.

The whole point here is I want to sync a listview with BO.  Doesn't seem like it should be this hard, and using AutoNavigate it isn't - if there is a single PK.

But with a compound pk I am having to jump through hoops.

How can I get the BD to create the SQL Select and then get a result set that includes my 4 key fields mashed together?

I have created a cfp.  I assume that if I want to  use mykey as the tag in autonavigate in a listview I need to have it in the columns of the listview?  I'm missing something somewhere.  Will this cfp get populated when the bo is filled from the bd ?  If not, how do I get it to have a value before the listview is requeried? 

Obviously confused.

Am I creating the CFP correctly ?

        [Description("mykey"), Browsable(false), DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)]
        public string mykey
            {
            get
                {
               string _mykey = this.Symbol + this.Cntry_code + this.from_date.ToString()+this.thru_date.ToString();
                return _mykey;
                }
            set
                {
                value =  this.Symbol + this.Cntry_code + this.from_date.ToString()+this.thru_date.ToString();
                }
            }

        /// <summary>
        /// Provider property descriptors for the custom bindable fields
        /// </summary>
        protected override FieldPropertyDescriptor[] GetCustomBindablePropertyDescriptors()
            {
            //-- Return the array of property descriptors
            return new MicroFour.StrataFrame.Business.FieldPropertyDescriptor[] 
            { new ReflectionPropertyDescriptor("mykey", typeof(boiSource100Symbology))};
            }