I am using the %db_radio_fields feature, and was wondering how to set it up so that one of the entries in the field is "checked".

The section from my .cfg file is:

# Radio fields. Field name => comma seperated list of radio buttons.
%db_radio_fields = ( Status => 'New,Changed,Pending' );

I would like "New" to be checked.

Thanks.


Alan Pollenz

I think you can just add "New" as the default option for that field (in default.cfg).

- Mark


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Astro-Boy!!

I tried this previously, and of course it didn't work. But seeing your reply made me go back and look at the code some more.

I had modified the database definitions to include an additional field, which I named defaults2. I did this is order to use a slightly modified date that I called from a routine I named &get_adj_date. This returned a date 1 day previous to the current date.

Needless to say, when I put "New" in the default option, nothing happened, since sub html_add_form looks for defaults2 and not defaults. Putting "New" in the defaults2 field solved the problem.

Thanks.

Alan Pollenz

Hi,
I must be rusty, but I don't get it: Do I put DEFAULT somewhere in the %db_radio_fields? Can you please show me exactly how to get EUR checked?

I have
%db_radio_fields = (
'Currency' => 'EUR,USD'
);

I have tried to figure out what happens in build_radio_field, but I still don't understand the statement
$value =~ /^\Q$button\E$/

O grain

Hey o grain,

You would add it to the field definitions such as:

'Currency' => [11,'alpha',0,3,1,'EUR',''],

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Thanks Lois,

I had tried that without success. Now I read the documentation on the sub more thoroughly: "Parameters are the column to build and a default value (optional)." So I tried to call it like



(where $default_currency is set in the .cfg file) and that works fine. As far as I know I have the original sub...

Cheers,
O grain