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Add Items To Change – how to change dropdown labels?

AngelaIp
Hi, I created a custom CM process and added it into the Add Items To Change List by modifing the Methods: - PE_ChooseCMItem_API --> this.ChangeItemList = top.aras.newArray("Simple MCO", "Express ECO", ..., "ABC_MyMagicChange_Main"); - PE_AddChangeItem The modfications were easy to do and my new CM process can now be selected in Add Items To Change But my dropdown list now looks something like this: Change Type: - Simple MCO - Express ECO - ABC_MyMagicChange_Main - ... I do not prefer to use my system-internal ItemType names as a label for the end user. Instead of ABC_MyMagicChange_Main I would prefer to display the label "Magic Change" only. I tried to modify the text attribute of the dropdown options inside the PE_ChooseCMItem_API, but without any success. Is it possible to use custom labels for the dropdown entries? Or should I better rename my ItemType? Thanks and best regards! Angela
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  • Hi Chris, while doing my tests yesterday after 10 minutes I came to the same conclusing as you. It looked easy to do, but wasn´t. I had already begun customizing the ItemType when I discovered that the drop-down label feature is already implemented in the API, but just is not used. The missing label function just requires the modification of 3 lines of code and an additional array for the label. Around line 9: Add label array, it must match to the ChangeItemList this.ChangeItemLabels = top.aras.newArray("Simple MCO", "Express ECO", "Express DCO", "Magic Change"); Around line 40: Add handling of label list: var changeItemLabel = this.ChangeItemLabels[i]; Around line 49: Change function call 
    //var option = this.AddOptionToDropDown(this.ChangeTypeInput, changeItemName);
var option = this.AddOptionToDropDown(this.ChangeTypeInput, changeItemName, changeItemLabel);
    Around line 58: Change text to id 
    // var selectedType = this.ChangeTypeInput[this.ChangeTypeInput.selectedIndex].text;
var selectedType = this.ChangeTypeInput[this.ChangeTypeInput.selectedIndex].id;
    Around line 153: Change text to id 
    // result.type = this.ChangeTypeInput[this.ChangeTypeInput.selectedIndex].text;
result.type = this.ChangeTypeInput[this.ChangeTypeInput.selectedIndex].id;
    Somehow, that was even easier than rebuilding my ItemType...
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  • Hi Chris, while doing my tests yesterday after 10 minutes I came to the same conclusing as you. It looked easy to do, but wasn´t. I had already begun customizing the ItemType when I discovered that the drop-down label feature is already implemented in the API, but just is not used. The missing label function just requires the modification of 3 lines of code and an additional array for the label. Around line 9: Add label array, it must match to the ChangeItemList this.ChangeItemLabels = top.aras.newArray("Simple MCO", "Express ECO", "Express DCO", "Magic Change"); Around line 40: Add handling of label list: var changeItemLabel = this.ChangeItemLabels[i]; Around line 49: Change function call 
    //var option = this.AddOptionToDropDown(this.ChangeTypeInput, changeItemName);
var option = this.AddOptionToDropDown(this.ChangeTypeInput, changeItemName, changeItemLabel);
    Around line 58: Change text to id 
    // var selectedType = this.ChangeTypeInput[this.ChangeTypeInput.selectedIndex].text;
var selectedType = this.ChangeTypeInput[this.ChangeTypeInput.selectedIndex].id;
    Around line 153: Change text to id 
    // result.type = this.ChangeTypeInput[this.ChangeTypeInput.selectedIndex].text;
result.type = this.ChangeTypeInput[this.ChangeTypeInput.selectedIndex].id;
    Somehow, that was even easier than rebuilding my ItemType...
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