Create the new control xml and place it on the server (per the link I posted previously).
Modify the application's xml and import it.
It should work.
Original Message:
Sent: 02-14-2024 09:41
From: André Cordeiro
Subject: How to edit field length in App Designer?
Thanks "Sid",
We'll give it a try in our DEV environment.
By the way, after that customization do you need to change anything before you do a new build & deploy?
Regards
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André Cordeiro
Original Message:
Sent: 02-14-2024 09:23
From: Sid Ogden
Subject: How to edit field length in App Designer?
Yes, I have. Very recently as a matter of fact.
If we can figure out the logistics, we can get where I can show you the result, but I'll attach a screenshot as an example. You can see below that the 1st part of the multipart textbox is much larger than the second.
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John "Sid" Ogden
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Original Message:
Sent: 2/14/2024 8:49:00 AM
From: André Cordeiro
Subject: RE: How to edit field length in App Designer?
Hi Sid,
Do you have used this with the iot18 skin?
Regards
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André Cordeiro
Original Message:
Sent: 02-13-2024 08:50
From: Sid Ogden
Subject: How to edit field length in App Designer?
As stated by others, you cannot change the width of table columns nor either part of a multipart textbox from within Application Designer. However, you can edit the xml directly to modify table column width by adding 'width="nn" ' within the tag for the column. So, export the xml through App Designer, edit it and reimport it through App Designer. Not a direct answer, but a work around.
This leaves multipart textboxes as an issue. The following link provides a method by which you can create your own 'zzmultiparttextbox' control. This requires an ear build to become usable, but then provides a way to independently size each part of a multipart textbox in a way similar to the work around above.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dynamic-width-fields-multiparttextbox-faisal-sayeedi
I have used the information in the link above successfully in about 10 projects to date.
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Sid Ogden
GDIT
Original Message:
Sent: 02-08-2024 10:56
From: Danny Richardson
Subject: How to edit field length in App Designer?
Hello More Maximo Community,
Is there a way in App Designer to edit the length of fields so that I can make them even?
Thank you in advance,
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Danny Richardson
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