global_autohandler

GenericSelect_FIELD Method

The drop-down lists in the MasonSQL framework are implemented with select, htmlselect or divselect widgets, their implementation files are in the /opt/masonsql/htdocs/input/ directory.
All three widgets are wrapped around with GenericSelect_FIELD method from /opt/masonsql/htdocs/data/global_autohandler file. Its best to use the method with the _FIELD and _FIND_FIELD methods.

Here are parameters for the GenericSelect_FIELD method:

Parameter Name	Description	Default Value
widget	The type of widget is chosen with the widget parameter. Types of widgets are: 'select', 'htmlselect' or 'divselect'.	'select'
width	The parameter determines the width of the select field.	80
empty_descr	The empty option displays empty_descr value.	Empty string.
readonly	If readonly is enabled and user clicks on the select element the alert pops ups saying 'Il campo non è modificabile'.	1
empty	First option is left empty and has value of empty.	Empty string.
buffer	A buffer name. The buffer parameter is specific to the default select method. It tells the method it should save the content of the table in a buffer so it doesn't need to be reloaded every time it is requested. The parameter is particularly useful with the TABLE form.	from
from	A .mql file name (without extension). The parameter determines from which table is the contents of the drop-down list.
remote		Undefined.

See also Adding Select Field, Adding HtmlSelect and Adding DivSelect Field examples.

Other _FIELD Methods

Method Name	Description	Example
id_persona_FIELD	Calls GenericSelect_FIELD with: from => 'sel_anagrafiche', with other passed arguments and find_select_list => ['=' => '=' attribute.
id_gruppi_FIELD	Calls GenericSelect_FIELD with: width => 220, widget => 'htmlselect', from => 'sel_gruppi', with other passed arguments and find_select_list => ['=' => '='] select_from => 'sel_gruppi' attributes.
commento_FIELD	Calls string widget with: rows=>6, cols=>60 and with other passed arguments.	<%method commento_FIELD><& /input/string.comp, %ARGS, rows=>2, cols=>80 &></%method>