Re: How to Model and Display Boolean Attributes

[Patrice Gautier <patrice_gautier@compuserve.com>]

and of course you can always generate those pages that contain a boolean
attribute and add the required checkboxes by hand..

	-P


> <<
> I'm modeling my boolean attribute in EOModler as an NSNumber in Obj-C
> with Integer as the internal data type. Now, how do I get Direct to Web
> to display the value as YES or NO (or a check mark)
> >>
> 
> your modeling is correct; Unfortunately at this time, there are no
> built-in components for boolean values in D2W; for what it's worth, this
> will be corrected in 4.1.
> 
> Here is a work-around for the display problem: if you are using custom
> EOs, then add a custom method called say 'boolImage' which return
> "yes.gif" if the bool is value is !=0 or "no.gif" if it is 0. Add a
> couple of graphics called yes.gif and no.gif in your project. Next go to
> the Assistant, and ask to add 'boolImage' as a custom key to your list
> page and tell the Assistant to use DisplayImage (or
> DisplayImageFromPath, I can't remember which is which) for that key.
> That should do the trick.. For query and edit, I'm afraid you will have
> to wait for 4.1 ..
> 
>   hope this helps,
> 
>                 -P