Re: Floating list based on local dataset Bug or not ?

Yes, it's definitely a bug.
See this thread on the forum from last year: 
"http://forum.openlaszlo.org/showthread.php?t=7149" (you also 
participated in it!).

Best regards,
André

Not Zippy wrote:
> Hi
>
> A floating list does not seem to work well with local
datasets. It
> seems the context of the list is the canvas and not the
local
> container. A quick hack was to define an attribute on
the canvas
> (which is reachable through parent.parent.parent) But
it would be nice
> if local datasets worked with floating lists somehow.
>
> Heres the hack, it is assumed that divisionlist is an
attribute (or
> object) on the canvase and data if the name of the
dataset within the
> object.
> <datacombobox name="did"
width="230" shownitems="6"
datapath="did/text()"
> defaulttext="Choose A Division..."
selectfirst="true"
textdatapath="name/text()"
> valuedatapath="id/text()"
>
itemdatapath="local:parent.parent.parent.divisionlist.d
ata:/details/data/row"
> oninit="Debug.write(this)"/>
>
> Technically I should be able to do a
> <datacombobox name="did"
width="230" shownitems="6"
datapath="did/text()"
> defaulttext="Choose A Division..."
selectfirst="true"
textdatapath="name/text()"
> valuedatapath="id/text()"
itemdatapath="local:classroot.data:/details/data/row&qu
ot;
> oninit="Debug.write(this)"/>
>
>
> Is this be a bug ?
> Thx

D'oh !

I filed a bug with the fix
http:/
/www.openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP-3811

Thanks
Z
On 3/29/07, André Bargull <a.bargullintensis.de> wrote:
> Yes, it's definitely a bug.
> See this thread on the forum from last year:
> "http://forum.openlaszlo.org/showthread.php?t=7149" (you also
> participated in it!).
>
> Best regards,
> André
>
> Not Zippy wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > A floating list does not seem to work well with
local datasets. It
> > seems the context of the list is the canvas and
not the local
> > container. A quick hack was to define an attribute
on the canvas
> > (which is reachable through parent.parent.parent)
But it would be nice
> > if local datasets worked with floating lists
somehow.
> >
> > Heres the hack, it is assumed that divisionlist is
an attribute (or
> > object) on the canvase and data if the name of the
dataset within the
> > object.
> > <datacombobox name="did"
width="230" shownitems="6"
datapath="did/text()"
> > defaulttext="Choose A Division..."
selectfirst="true"
textdatapath="name/text()"
> > valuedatapath="id/text()"
> >
itemdatapath="local:parent.parent.parent.divisionlist.d
ata:/details/data/row"
> > oninit="Debug.write(this)"/>
> >
> > Technically I should be able to do a
> > <datacombobox name="did"
width="230" shownitems="6"
datapath="did/text()"
> > defaulttext="Choose A Division..."
selectfirst="true"
textdatapath="name/text()"
> > valuedatapath="id/text()"
itemdatapath="local:classroot.data:/details/data/row&qu
ot;
> > oninit="Debug.write(this)"/>
> >
> >
> > Is this be a bug ?
> > Thx
>
>