Problem with lookup and no description value

[spot1701]

Nettalk 5.20

If I have a standard string on a form that is a lookup, and the lookup is a popup. With a lot of these popups, I only require the value to be returned, I don't want a description as well, but I have problems if I leave description blank, e.g.:



- When I open the popup and select and entry:



- Rubbish is put into the field:



- If I fill in the description field, it works correctly:






Thanks

Bryan

[Bruce]

Filling in the description field, even if it's with the same field as the code field, as you've done, is a good idea.

cheers
Bruce

[spot1701]

Filling in the description field, even if it's with the same field as the code field, as you've done, is a good idea.

cheers
Bruce

Ok, if popups no longer work without description then you should probably force it in the prototype for the procedure:

GetDescription         PROCEDURE (FILE p_file,<KEY p_key1>,<KEY p_key2>,*? p_valuefield,<*? p_descfield>,String p_value)

[Bruce]

GetDescription is also used in non-popup sites, and I suspect it's less required there.

cheers
Bruce

[spot1701]

GetDescription is also used in non-popup sites, and I suspect it's less required there.

cheers
Bruce

Indeed. That's sort of what I was getting at: the inconsistency between the two methods of doing the same thing.