Bug #5630

friendly label for crosslinks

Details

Request #5630	friendly label for crosslinks
Submitted	2005-10-08 09:22 UTC
From	sdc at spiretech dot com
Assigned	justinpatrin
Status	Wont fix
Package	DB_DataObject_FormBuilder
PHP Version	4.3.10
OS	RH Linux
Roadmaps	(Not assigned)

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[2005-10-08 09:22 UTC] sdc at spiretech dot com

Description:
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It would be nice to have a way to define a user-friendly label for the crosslink feature.
It currently shows something like
Cross Link Table FromField ToField

I needed to shorten this up and make it easier for end users to understand, so I did the following:
1. added a 'label' key to my crosslink definition in my table class.

2. added a few lines of code to FormBuilder to make it show the appropriate label.

I've got my code modifications here, but I suspect it might need to be changed in a few more places.

If there is some other way that this is supported or I should be doing this already, let me know.

Test script:
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case ($type & DB_DATAOBJECT_FORMBUILDER_CROSSLINK):
//...
$crossLink = $this->crossLinks[$key];
$groupName = $this->_sanitizeFieldName('__crossLink_'.$crossLink['table'].
'_'.$crossLink['fromField'].
'_'.$crossLink['toField']);
//new code here
$groupLabel = $crossLink['label'];
//...
// then down near the bottom of this case changed $groupName to $groupLabel
$this->_form->_addElementGroup($element, $groupLabel, $this->crossLinkSeparator);