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How to create a dropdown option in a Form? (just like OpenFile)

Hi,
I've written a SKILL code below which opens a form and prompts users to input Lib-name, Cell-name, and View-name, MANUALLY.
(The input of these fields is then fed to a bigger SKILL program.)
I want to improvise this code by giving the users the flexibility of a dropdown menu just like we have it in the OpenFile form.
This way they don't have to input everything manually but can easily select the desired Lib, Cell & View names as present in the Library Manager and can submit the form.

Any way to do it? Grateful for all the help!

SKILL Code :

procedure( openform()
let(list(lib cell view form)

lib = hiCreateStringField(?name 'libname ?prompt "Library Name : " ?value "" ?font "0.032" )

cell = hiCreateStringField(?name 'cellname ?prompt "Cell Name : " ?value "" ?font "0.032" )

view = hiCreateStringField(?name 'viewname ?prompt "View Name : " ?value "" ?font "0.032" )

form = hiCreateAppForm(?name 'fileO ?formTitle "Select the View" ?buttonLayout 'OKCancel ?fields list( lib cell view ) )
hiDisplayForm(form)
))

openform()

skillUser over 4 years ago

Hi there,

I think the commands that you want to use are ddHiCreateLibraryComboField(), ddHiCreateCellComboField() and ddHiCreateViewComboField() in place of the hiCreateStringField function, also look at ddHiLinkFields() to link these fields together so that view is dependent on cell, and cell is dependent on library.

Hope this helps!

Lawrence.
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Andrew Beckett over 4 years ago in reply to skillUser

See an example in this post.

Andrew
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shubhy22 over 4 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

Thanks a ton, Andrew!
I learnt a lot from your example and have also customized the 'grid' code to take in more inputs from the user.
Never knew we could design the layout of a Form by this method.
Grateful to you!
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shubhy22 over 4 years ago in reply to skillUser

Thank you Lawrence for a speedy reply. Didn't know these commands existed. Thanks for sharing
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