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Installations - Setupbuilder: Using dll to fill a combo box at runtime
2005-01-20 -- Friedrich Linder
 
Newsgroups: softvelocity.clarion.addons.setupbuilder > I want to have an combo box and it should get the list of sql servers that > is installed on the network..or on the machine.. > > The Process i have done: > > I wrote a function , that intially list out the MSSQL server > installed..later it takes the server name from the sb5..which the user > enteres..It verifies with this list and returns one or zero > accordingly...based on this return value..I will have loop and asks for > the > user to enter a correct sql server name..I have succeded in this.. > > CALLTHISFUNCTION1 FUNCTION(server) > CODE > open (window1) > ?osqlApp{Prop:Create}='SQLDMO.Application' > onames = ?osqlApp{'ListAvailableSQLServers()'} > Loop i=1 To ?osqlApp{onames&'.Count()'} > ServerQ.Name = ?osqlApp{onames&'.Item('&i&')'} > add(Serverq) > !message(server) > !message(serverq) > IF Serverq=server THEN > return 1 > end > End > > At this point..my requirement is ...I want to have an combo box and this > combo box should get filled up the datas(servers installed in the > network)returned from the clarion that is the dll in run time.Is that > possible. > > or do you have anyother method with using the dll to get this work > done.Please do help me. if not atleast tell me how to queue up or populate > the combo box at runtime. No problem ;-) 1. Please add a variable (e.g. %SERVERLIST%) using Set Variable... 2. Please add another variable (e.g. %SERVERLISTID%) using Set Variable... 3. Add your Combo Box dialog 4. Add the %SERVERLIST% variable to the "Combo Box Text ID" field (Combo Box Dialog Properties -> Advanced Tab). 5. Add the %SERVERLISTID% variable to the "Store Selection Results in Variable" field (Combo Box Dialog Properties -> Advanced Tab). You can call your DLL before displaying the dialogs (or before displaying the Combo Box) and pass the list of detected servers back to the %SERVERLIST% variable. Please use the following form: |Server1|Server2|Server3|etc. This will be displayed in the Combo Box as: Server1 Server2 Server3 etc. If the user selects Server2, the %SERVERLISTID% variable is set to 2 Now you can use the "Get List Item" function (String Function) to get the selected server name. Use the following (String Functions) Variable : %MYRESULT% Function : Get Item List - Get item X from string list String : %SERVERLIST% Search String: (empty) X : %SERVERLISTID% Y : (empty) The variable %BYRESULT% contains the selected server name now. Does this help? Friedrich -- Friedrich Linder www.lindersoft.com Fax: 1.954.252.3910


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