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ASPRunnerPro comes with AJAX-based functionality added. Now you
can search information more easily than ever with google-like
auto-suggest feature. Web pages with AJAX driven dependent dropdown
boxes are loaded faster. If you want to see details records you
just need to mouse over the link, and you don't need to proceed to
the Details page. Also new feature for lookup fields was added. Now
you can choose the variant from suggest list which is refreshed
each time while you are typing in the text box instead of searching
through all values in the dropdown boxes.
 Note: If for some reasons you don't
want to use AJAX-based functionality then all you need to do is to
change the useAJAX and
suggestAllContent
variables value in the Include\dbcommon.asp file
to False.
useAJAX=false
suggestAllContent=false
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AJAX-based
Auto-Suggest
This feature comes in two versions and is enabled on the Basic
and Advanced search pages. It is similar in fashion to that of
Google Suggest using AJAX technologies.
Search suggest makes your site much more user friendly. To see
how it will look like just begin to type in the search box.
The picture below demonstrates the search suggest feature on the
basic search page:
On the Advanced search page search suggest looks like this:
By default, search suggest results include all values in which
the search phrase presents. If you want to be shown only those
values that begin with the search phrase you should change the
$suggestAllContent
variable value in the Include\dbcommon.asp file to
False.
Note: if a field is not shown at least on one
page (list/view/edit/export etc.), then the field values are not
shown in search suggest results. This is done to secure the
confidential data like passwords and credit card numbers.
AJAX-based
dependent dropdown boxes
In ASPRunnerPro dependent dropdown boxes are AJAX Driven.
Dropdown boxes content is loaded in the real time using AJAX
technologies instead of loading all the content on the web page
load. This means web pages are loaded more faster now.
Details Records Preview
In ASPPRunner you can see details records preview directly on
the list page. All you need to do is to mouse over the link. The
following picture demonstrates how the details preview looks
like:
The number of records in the details preview is limited. Only
first ten details are displayed. If there is an image in the
details then only first five details are displayed.
More info about how to enable
details records preview.
Lookup
wizard as Edit box with AJAX popup
This feature is added to lighten the search among the large
amount of data. Now you can choose the variant from AJAX popup
which is refreshed each time you type in the text box, instead of
searching through all the values in the dropdown boxes.
To turn on this feature, you should select the appropriate
checkbox on the "Edit as"
settings tab.
After you build your project, you can see how it works on the
Edit, Add, and Search pages. When you begin to type in the edit box
AJAX popup appears and you can choose the needed value from the
suggest list. If you type in the text box the value which doesn't
exist in the database and move to another form control then the
border of the text box will change colour into red. When you
correct the value, it will change back to usual.
If you try to submit the form with wrong value entered in the
text box then the form will be submitted with the previous correct
value entry.
AJAX-based
pagination/sorting/search
To turn this feature on proceed to the Choose pages screen and click '...'
button next to the List
page check box. Then check off the AJAX search, pagination and sorting
check box.
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