{{tag>category:"OpenInsight 64-bit" author:"Dave Sigafoos" author:"Carl Pates"}}

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==== How to Sort a table ..  (OpenInsight 64-bit) ====
=== At 13 FEB 2020 11:39:37PM Dave Sigafoos wrote: ===
 
 
<QUOTE>
Using the document found at https://revdevx.com/2015/09/26/sorting-in-edittables/

I would think that the following code would work correctly.  It Sorts but the shiftkey bit does not change the sort order




<code>


Declare Function Get_Property

Declare Subroutine Exec_Method

Equ NULL$ To ""



ColRow = Get_Property(ctrlEntId,"NOTIFYPOS")

row = ColRow<2> ; col = ColRow<1>

sortOptions = NULL$

sortCriteria = NULL$ ; sortCriteria<1,1,1> = col

* change sort order if shift key is pressed

If ShiftKey Then sortCriteria<1,1,2> = 1



Call Exec_Method( CtrlEntID, "SORT", SortCriteria, SortOptions )



return 1


</code>

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=== At 13 FEB 2020 11:46PM Dave Sigafoos wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>actually this line





If ShiftKey Then sortCriteria<1,1,2> = 1



should be .. 



If ShiftKey Then sortCriteria<1,2,1> = 1



But even at that ... the little arrow changes direction but the data doesn't change

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=== At 14 FEB 2020 06:26PM Dave Sigafoos wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Can someone please try this and let me know where I went wrong.  I doubt that the article

is wrong ... Carl doesn't make mistakes.   He leaves that for me :)



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=== At 14 FEB 2020 08:31PM Carl Pates wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Ha - if only that were true :)



Are you wanting to [i]toggle[/i] the sort order or force it to Ascending Left?



Setting <0,2> always sets a [i]specific[/i] order, so if you're setting it to "1" you will[i] always[/i] sort "Ascending Left" -  it won't "toggle" to "Descending Left" instead automatically.



You can "toggle" if you use the COLHEADERSORTINGMODE property, but that doesn't use a shift key, it just works on column header clicks/dblclks



What is it that you actually need to do?



Cheers



[email=cpates@revsoft.co.uk]Carl Pates[/email]

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=== At 15 FEB 2020 11:11AM Dave Sigafoos wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>so what the original code did was (this is also for the send_message topic) get the row/column that was clicked (notifyPos does this nicely) then sort the table either descending (dclick) or ascending (shift dclick).  SO I am trying to duplicate this with the code.  But when I use the code above it does not change sort order.  It does the first sort (dclick) but ignores the second sort EXCEPT the little sort arrows change.

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=== At 15 FEB 2020 11:11AM Dave Sigafoos wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>so what the original code did was (this is also for the send_message topic) get the row/column that was clicked (notifyPos does this nicely) then sort the table either descending (dclick) or ascending (shift dclick).  SO I am trying to duplicate this with the code.  But when I use the code above it does not change sort order.  It does the first sort (dclick) but ignores the second sort EXCEPT the little sort arrows change.

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=== At 17 FEB 2020 02:08PM Dave Sigafoos wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Carl, i have sent you a copy of the original code so you can see what I am trying to achieve ..

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=== At 18 FEB 2020 05:31AM Carl Pates wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Hi Dave,



Using the CellDblCk event something like this should do what you need:


<code>


   // Is it the col header row?

   if ( rowNum == 0 ) then



      // Is it a data column?

      if ( colNum > 0 ) then

         

         sortCrit = ""

         sortCrit<0,1> = colNum

         sortCrit<0,2> = ( if shiftKey then 1 else 0 )



         call exec_Method( ctrlEntID, "SORT", sortCrit, 0 )

         

      end

   end
</code>




[email=cpates@revsoft.co.uk]Carl Pates[/email]

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=== At 18 FEB 2020 10:40AM Dave Sigafoos wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>I think it was this line that was missing from mine and I can't find it mentioned in your article .. 



call exec_Method( ctrlEntID, "SORT", sortCrit, 0 )



Thanks a lot .. 

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=== At 18 FEB 2020 10:58AM Carl Pates wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Hi Dave,



Its documented in the section titled The Sort Method, but there's no code example as such.



Cheers



[email=cpates@revsoft.co.uk]Carl Pates[/email]

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=== At 18 FEB 2020 11:08AM Dave Sigafoos wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>thanks again .. sorry i took so much of your time.

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=== At 18 FEB 2020 11:13AM Carl Pates wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Not a problem, but you might owe me a JD when I see you again :)



[email=cpates@revsoft.co.uk]Carl Pates[/email]

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=== At 18 FEB 2020 12:04PM Dave Sigafoos wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>:smile:  Always ...

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