Hide refrence search action on Openxava, How To? - openxava

I need to display all item in my view readonly except one field and between all field there is one reference field and I would like to hide the reference search action of that field in openxava. How can i do it? If it's not possible, then how to simulate that?

Annotate all the elements you want read only with #ReadOnly.
You can also do it programmatically from a on-init action using getView().setEditable("memberName", false)

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Formula referencing parent doc works in computed field, not as default value

Following on from this question: Referencing parent field on document creation I'm using the formula for the default value for a name field.
IfError(#IfError(#GetDocField($ref;"ProductFamilyManager");
#GetDocField(ParentUNID;"ProductFamilyManager"));
"")
This works when it's a computed field, but not when i change it to be editable with a default value formula.
Any ideas how I can get the field populating with the default value?
The best way of doing this is to use #InheritedDocumentUniqueId. You need to enable inheritance to make that function available, but you don't actually have to inherit any of the parent values.
You should definitely not have to be using two different techniques and #IfError to get this done. And btw: did you know that #IfError is obsolete as of Domino 7?
It may not be supported but just to be sure, has the parent doc been saved before you create the response doc?
Assuming that's not the problem, the alternative is to use the "inherit field values from parent doc " option, which will pass a value from the parent doc to the response doc on creation. I may have the wording wrong but the option is on the form properties dialog in Designer.

NSArrayController that is sorted and unique (no duplicates) for use in a pop-up in a core-data app

I have core data app with an entity OBSERVATION that has as one of its attributes DEALNAME.
I want to reference through Interface Builder or by making custom modifications to an NSArrayController a list of unique sorted dealnames so that I can use them in a pop-up.
I have attempted to use #distinctUnionOfSets (and #distinctUnionOfArrays) but am unable to locate the proper key sequence.
I can sort the ArrayController by providing a sort descriptor, but do not know how to eliminate duplicates.
Are the #distinct... keys the right methodology? It would seem to provide the easiest way to optimize the use of IB.
Is there a predicate form for removing duplicates?
Or do I need to use my custom controller to extract an NSSet of the specific dealnames, put them back in an array and sort it and reference the custom array from IB?
Any help would be appreciated. I am astounded that other have not tried to create a sorted-unique pop-up in tableviews.
You need to take a look at -[NSFetchRequest returnsDistinctResults]. That is the level you need to be handling the uniquing of data.
Although I do not have a definitive answer for you, I think there are two ways you can go about it.
The way you already started. You need to bind the contents array of the PopUp button, not just against the arrayController.arrangedObjects, but continue on the path and somehow filter only objects with distinct "DealName"s. This means - the arrayController presents ALL the entities (and may sort them for you) but the PopUp button will have its contents filter via some sophisticated binding to the array controller.
Make your filtering at the ArrayController level (as suggested in another answer here). Here it depends how you set up the array controller. If It is set up to use an "Entity" (vs. "Class") which means the array controller will fetch CoreData entities directly - you can modify its "Fetch" to only bring a subset of the "OBSERVATION" entities with distinct values of "DEALNAME". I don't know how to control WHICH entities are filtered out in this case. Otherwise, you can setup the arrayController to work with "Class" objects, and then you can fetch the entities yourself (in code) and populate the arrayController programmatically, with just the entities you like.
In the second option, the Popup button should be bound normally to the arrayController's arrangedObjects.

Web Part with a custom property bound to a "choice" field from a content type?

I'm trying to make a custom property for a WebPart. The custom property should be a drop down with choices coming from a "choice" column from a content type. Is that even possible?
You have two options:
1) If your choices will never change then you can hardcode an enum with these values and use that as datatype for your custom property. SP will the automatically generate a drop down.
2) If you can't hardcode the values then you have to implement what is called an EditorPart where you can code the UI for handling entry of the custom property
You cannot data bind directly to a content type column as it does not exist as in a bindable form, only as an XML secification on the content type itself.
Better to specify the column as a lookup and databind to the list directly. However, that is not going to work well when you only want one lookup across multiple webs or site collections.
In that case create a list in a config site such as http://intranet/sites/config and code a lookup control to databind to that list. Then use the control in the webpart and in a custom field control on the content type.
A bit of work, but worth it if you require SharePoint edit control (versioning, security etc) access to the contents of the lookup and a single (changeable) source of data across the entire site.

Hiding a SharePoint Custom Field Type in Edit and Create mode

I am trying to create a Custom Field Type in SharePoint.
This control has it's value set based on another field in the same list.
Because of this requirement, this field should be displayed only in the Display Mode, and not in the Edit or Create mode.
How do I ensure this?
If I just code the ASCX control to not render a field, the field will show up like this in the Edit and Create mode.
alt text http://www.mannsoftware.com/blog/Lists/Photos/121308_0204_CrossSiteLo6.png
Generally you set the SPField.ReadOnlyField property to True to achieve the desired behaviour for any field. (Don't forget to SPField.Update accordingly!) There is an equivalent CAML attribute for list definitions, I believe.
That said, in your control class deriving from BaseFieldControl, you might just override the RenderFieldForInput() method and not call the base implementation to ensure nothing is rendered during Create or Edit. However, this would still render the field's table row in the form, which is probably not what you want. So to enforce the desired behaviour, use ReadOnlyField and override Update() in your SPField (not field control) class to always have it set to True.
It might be easier to just change this on a list-by-list basis by going to the Advanced section of the List Settings, setting Allow management of content types? to Yes, and then editing your content type to change the value of your field to 'hidden'.
Take a look at this blog post. I think it will give you some ideas. The concept uses different rendering templates based on the mode.
http://sharepoint.nailhead.net/2008/04/creating-rendering-template-that.html
Did you try and set the field as hidden?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sharepoint.spfield.hidden.aspx
Custom FORMS pages for new item and edit item (NewForm.aspx and EditForm.aspx) would be another way to achieve this.
Setting the ShowInEditForm and ShowInNewForm properties solved this for me.

How to create a lookup column that targets a Doc Lib and uses the 'Name' of the document?

How do you create a lookup column to a Document Library that uses the 'Name' of the document as the lookup value?
I found a blog post that recommends adding another custom field like "FileName" and then using a item reciever to populate the custom field with the value from the Name field but that seems cheesy.
Link to the blog in case people are interested:
http://blogs.msdn.com/pranab/archive/2008/01/08/sharepoint-2007-moss-wss-issue-with-lookup-column-to-doc-lib-name-field.aspx
I've got a bunch of custom document content types that I dont want to clutter with a work around that should really work anyway.
I created a one step workflow to set the title from the name, fired on modify and created. Seems to work and took seconds to create.
One way you can do this (although not the easiest way) is by creating a custom field type that extends the SPFieldLookup class. SharePoint's field editor for Lookup fields purposefully hides any columns types that aren't supported by Lookup fields, but you can create a field editor for your custom field type that shows them.
However, I have created a Lookup column that points to a Name column in a Document Library before, and it probably doesn't work like you'd expect. While the value stored in the lookup column is valid, it doesn't show up right in List view or on the View Properties form.
The solution you posted may actually be the best way to handle this. Lookup fields require some kludges if you want to handle more complex scenarios, but that's because they're not meant to provide the same functionality as a foreign key relationship in a database.
Coding in any form always scares me. So Here's what I did: I simply renamed the Stupid "Title" Field to something else, say "Keywords", since you cant do anything with that field: cant even make it mandatory.
Then I created another Single line field called "Title" and used this field for the Lookups
Well there is a simple solution to that and in might work in some case.
In the nutshell if you make the Title field Mandatory, this will force the user to enter a title. In that manner we can use title field as a lookup field.
Now How to do that?
One you are done create a document library go to the library setting. Select Advance Setting and Select Yes for the option "Allow management of content types?".
Then go back to the Library setting and Under content types select the "Document" Content type. THen Select Title Column and then Select "Required (Must contain information)" and say OK.
Now try uploading a document to this document library. You will see Title field in the form.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Vaqar
You have to add the field as XML with the ShowField as 'FileLeafRef'
var XmlFieldDefinition = "<Field DisplayName='myLookupColumn' Type='LookupMulti' StaticName='myLookupColumn' Name='myLookupColumn' Required='FALSE' List='THE LOOKUP ID HERE' WebId='THE WEB ID HERE' UnlimitedLengthInDocumentLibrary='TRUE' Mult='TRUE' Sortable='FALSE' ShowField='FileLeafRef' />"
Field fld = fieldCollection.AddFieldAsXml(XmlFieldDefinition, true, AddFieldOptions.DefaultValue);
ClientContext.Load(fld);
ClientContext.ExecuteQuery();

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