Enable Calendar Icon in Number Col Edit Box?

[#1]

I'm creating a tablebox with a number col edit box that will show the date.  However even if I set the format properly the calendar icon doesn't show up.  Here's an example:

nw = new window("Test Calendar",
	neb = number edit box(),
	tb = table box(
		string col box("String", {"One", "Two"}),
		date_nceb = number col edit box("Dates", {., .})
	)
);

neb << Set Format( Format( "ddMonyyyy", 12 ) );
date_nceb << Set Format( Format( "ddMonyyyy", 12 ) );

As you can see for the number edit box the calendar icon shows up properly.  Nothing for the Dates column though.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Could it be that Number Col Edit Box doesn't support calendar formatting (yet)?

Maybe as possible workaround you could use Col Box (dealing with the values might be a bit more annoying).

Names Default To Here(1);
nw = new window("Test Calendar",
	neb = number edit box(),
	tb = table box(
		string col box("String", {"One", "Two"}),
		Col Box("Dates",
			neb1 = Number edit box(.),
			neb2 = Number edit box(.),
		)
	)
);

neb << Set Format( Format( "ddMonyyyy", 12 ) );
neb1 << Set Format( Format( "ddMonyyyy", 12 ) );
neb2 << Set Format( Format( "ddMonyyyy", 12 ) );

[#3]

I ended up using col boxes like you suggested.  More overhead but it works.

[#4]

New question related to the above.  I'm creating a col box containing combo boxes, and need to loop over them getting the selected value for each combo box.  However there doesn't seem to be a method to doing this.

nw = new window("Test Colboxes",
	tb = table box(
		string col box("String", {"One", "Two"}),
		date_nceb = number col edit box("Dates", {1, 2}),
		cb = col box("Combo boxes"),
	),
	button box("OK",
		cb_list = cb << get;
		print(cb_list, nitems(cb_list));
	)
);

cb << append(combo box({"ABC", "DEF"}));
cb << append(combo box({"GHI", "FUBAR"}));

Clicking OK shows this in the log:

{"", ""}
2

I want to get the list of combo boxes.

[#5]

Pete,

Here is the method that I have used many many times.  It is a little wordy but it ends up with a nice list of values.

Names Default to Here( 1 );
nw = New Window( "Test Colboxes",
	tb = Table Box(
		String Col Box( "String", {"One", "Two"} ),
		date_nceb = Number Col Edit Box( "Dates", {1, 2} ),
		cb = Col Box( "Combo boxes" ), 

	),
	Button Box( "OK",
		cb_list = cb << get;
		Print( cb_list, N Items( cb_list ) );
	)
);
valList = {};
i = 1;
Eval(
	Parse(
		"cb << append(cb" || Char( i ) || " = combo box({\!"ABC\!", \!"DEF\!"}, vallist[" || Char( i ) || "] = cb" || Char( i ) ||
		" << get selected  ));"
	)
);
i++;
Eval(
	Parse(
		"cb << append(cb" || Char( i ) || " = combo box({\!"GHI\!", \!"FUBAR\!"}, vallist[" || Char( i ) || "] = cb" || Char( i ) ||
		" << get selected  ));"
	)
);
For( k = 1, k <= i, k++, valList[k] = "" );

[#6 · Accepted solution]

If you want to get selected values from ComboBoxes inside Table Box, I would maybe try with XPath:

Names Default to Here( 1 );
nw = new window("Test Colboxes",
	tb = table box(
		string col box("String", {"One", "Two"}),
		date_nceb = number col edit box("Dates", {1, 2}),
		cb = col box("Combo boxes"),
	),
	button box("OK",
		cb_list = cb << XPath("//ComboBoxItem[@selectedItem=\!"true\!"]/text()");
		print(cb_list, nitems(cb_list));
	)
);

cb << append(combo box({"ABC", "DEF"}));
cb << append(combo box({"GHI", "FUBAR"}));

//Show(tb << get xml);
//Show(cb << get xml);

I have found that from time to time with New Window it is easier to get the values by using XPath. I start the by first checking how the XML looks like with << Get Xml as it shows what I can get with XPath. After that I start googling how to get what I want (attributes, values, filtering...) out of the XML by using XPath.

[#7]

Excellent solution!

I suggest the following modification to the XPath statement.  It stays closer to JSL methodology and would not require the investigation of the XML structure to set the specific syntax.

cb_list = (cb << XPath("//ComboBox")) << get selected;