Specifying a Drop-Down List for an MIDM Field

Once a field is defined for an object in midm.xml, you can specify or change the name of the drop-down list for the field. If you modify the Code Module for the field in the Configuration Editor, the drop–down list is automatically updated in midm.xml.

To Specify a Drop-Down List

1. In the Projects window, expand the Configuration node in the project you want to modify, and then double-click midm.xml.

   The file opens in the NetBeans XML editor.

2. Scroll to the node element that defines the object containing the field you want to modify.

3. Scroll to the field element you want to modify.

4. Enter the name of the drop-down list in the value-list element.

   If the element does not exist for the field, create a new value-list element. For example:

   <value-list>STATE</value-list>

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   Note –

   The value of the gui-type element for the field must be “MenuList” if you specify a drop-down list. The value-list element must match a code column value in the sbyn_common_header database table unless the drop-down list is populated by information in the sbyn_user_code table (as they might be for auxiliary IDs). In this case, the value-list element must match a code_list column value in sbyn_user_code.

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5. Save and close the file.