V4 - Form with 2 attributes in 1 column

pixerp · Post by **pixerp** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:13 pm

I am trying to define 2 attributes in the same column of a form, like :

Postcode - City: (Attribute_Code) (Attribute_City)

This was very easy to do in V.3 but I can't get it to display correctly in V.4 (build 1187), using the preview.

Can someone help ?

Thanks.

pixerp · Post by **pixerp** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:28 am

Support,

I guess you missed this one ...

Thanks for your reply.

tford · Post by **tford** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:42 am

Can you be more specific about what's happening "incorrectly".

pixerp · Post by **pixerp** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:59 am

To reproduce the problem, I use the CRM sample app.

Customer, Form: Editing, Section: Personal details

Cell: First Name, click on Last Name to have both attributes displayed in the same cell.

Edit cell: First Name, Label: First / Last Name, width 100 pix
Edit cell: Last Name, Label: (blank), width 250 pix

This is now a Group box. Label to the left, width 110 pix

Expected result in the form:

First / Last Name: [firstname] [lastname]

But in fact, the last name is displayed far more to the right. I guess that the 110 pix of the LastName label is calculated in the middle.....

This was not the behaviour in V.3 and frankly, I can't do without it.[/img]

aware_support · Post by **aware_support** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:25 pm

We'll have a look.

aware_support · Post by **aware_support** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:29 am

In version 4 to achieve this you have to use labels above controls for this multi-attribute cell - you place several attributes into one cell and then select the "labels above controls" option. You can then turn off the label for a particular control as well.

ab042 · Post by **ab042** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:12 am

If your form is all Label to left having some labels above one row of attributes just doesn't look correct.

Name John Doe
Address 123 Main St
City State Zip New York NY 12345
Phone # 202-123-4567

ver your suggestions

Name John Doe
Address 123 Main St
CITY STATE ZIP
New York NY 12345
PHone # 202-123-4567

Any suggestions?

aware_support · Post by **aware_support** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:25 am

Suggestion is to re-arrange the form to use labels above everywhere or create another column with labels above

pixerp · Post by **pixerp** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:11 pm

Support,

Thanks for your reply.

Are you going to correct the behaviour of Labels to the left in a coming release ?

It seems to only be "accepting the label of the 1st attribute when Labels to the left is defined", ie. the code can ignore the other labels.

But, I know ....

pixerp · Post by **pixerp** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:08 pm

Support,

I would appreciate if you'd take position regarding the previous post.

Thanks a lot.

aware_support · Post by **aware_support** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:16 pm

We will implement it

pixerp · Post by **pixerp** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:28 pm

Thank you.

aware_support · Post by **aware_support** » Wed May 06, 2009 2:19 am

This functionality is available in build 1197

pixerp · Post by **pixerp** » Wed May 13, 2009 2:09 pm

After hours of testing with build 1199, I just can't get it right.

My form width is set to 500 px, 1 column.

If you configure 2 text attributes in one cell, you get a Group Box.

On that Group Box you define :

. width 420 px Anchor X : 20 px
. Label to the left, 90 px + Generate label only on 1st attrib.

AttribA : width = 50 px
AttribB : width = 300 px

In the BO, AttribA is 7 char. and AttribB is 40 char.

Obviously, the width of AttribA is NOT controlled by the configurator ?

Is it a bug ?

Thanks.

aware_support · Post by **aware_support** » Thu May 14, 2009 2:58 am

Try defining the settings, not on the group box, but on the attributes - set the width in pixels for the attributes. Ignore the group box settings.