Posted By bgates on 04/05/2006 12:18 PM
I'll do my best to answer your questions.
1. The connection is established through the web.config file. I actually installed DNN into the Northwind database. The process is the same as installing to a new database, but I pointed to Northwind, rather than a new database. If you still need help setting this up, email me at bgates@bi4ce.com and I'll be more than happy to help.
2. I'm afraid I either can't reproduce this, or I'm not understanding. When you click the Orders tab on the menu, it takes you to a task list, showing Add New Order, and List Orders. If that's what you're referring to, then that's by design. Consider it like the task list in Quicken. It's a launching point, designed for pre-filtering, reporting, or any other common tasks related to orders, but not just the simple listing.
3. Navigation to the Order Details, and throughout the entire site, is handled through ListX's Actions. There is an Action type for Redirect. The buttons on the page are Toolbar buttons, which raise the message that ListX is listening for, in order to execute the Redirect Action.
I hope this helps. If you still have questions with your specific setup, don't hesitate to email me bgates@bi4ce.com.
In responses to your reply in the forums concerning the Northwind database.
In reference to:
Question 1
I now understand how you achieved that. I was under the assumption that maybe you were connecting to a separate Database. Is this possible within the LixtX Module using a SQL connection string.
Question 2
I am sending you an email with screen shoots showing you what is happening. In a nut shell it appears that data from the database is not populating reliable. For example today when I went to the Northwind website none of the orders populated the ListX space provided. I hit refresh and then orders appeared.
Question 3
I am slowly figuring out how to achieve this task, my real problem is stripping out the bells and whistles from the actually Meat and Potatoes. If you could possibly provide very basic examples showing one thing at a time instead of grouping a number of features togeather would be very helpfull.
Again great product, well worth the money.
Doug Blackmon